Companies employ 3D printing technology now more than ever, leveraging devices in pioneering ways. Its widespread usage helps businesses cut costs and manufacture products efficiently. At the same time, the legal landscape surrounding 3D printers is underdeveloped, so those who ...

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Where a Virginia resident sued a manufacturer after its e-cigarette battery allegedly exploded, causing severe burns to his body, but the Korean-based manufacturer did not purposefully avail itself of the privilege of conducting activities in Virginia, the court lacked personal ...

Tagged with: Judge Rebecca Beach Smith Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a company failed to answer certain allegations in the third amended complaint, or TAC, did not attempt to file an answer until the plaintiff moved for default judgment and then submitted an incomplete answer, the plaintiff’s motion for judgment ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a company failed to respond to an amended complaint for more than five months, despite having notice of that filing and a court order requiring it to respond within 14 days, its untimely answer was allowed, but it was ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where parents alleged that Gerber sold baby food products containing heavy metals at levels the plaintiffs considered unsafe, but their complaint suggested they paid for safe and healthy food for their children and apparently received just that, they failed to ...

Tagged with: Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a boat used in maritime security operations capsized during a test run, and the City of Norfolk then sued the manufacturer under a failure to test or failure to warn theory, the manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment was denied ...

Tagged with: Judge Roderick C. Young Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the administrator for a man killed when his tire failed sued multiple companies for negligence and products liability, the court lacked jurisdiction over one company with no meaningful contacts with Virginia. The company’s contacts were so lacking, moreover, that ...

Tagged with: Judge David J. Novak Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the representative of a now-deceased seaman alleging his exposure to asbestos aboard a Navy ship caused his death sought survival damages for pain and suffering as well as medical expenses, his claim was denied because survival damages for pre-death ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where an engineering manufacturer intends to rely upon the government contactor defense in an asbestos suit, it must present evidence of the government’s knowledge about the asbestos hazards presented by the manufacturer’s products or equipment, and not just the government’s ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the manufacturer of a pressure cooker argued that it disclaimed any implied warranty of merchantability in its instruction manual, but the disclaimer located on Page 30 of a “busy and colorful” booklet was not conspicuous, its motion to dismiss ...

Tagged with: Judge John A. Gibney Jr. Products Liability U.S. District Court - Eastern District