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December 22, 2021
Top Transportation Rulings Of 2021
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling clarifying the limits of specific personal jurisdiction for automakers, appellate decisions hampering ride-share and ride-hail drivers' efforts to pursue class actions, and shielding California workplace regulations from federal preemption are among the year's biggest court decisions impacting the transportation industry. Here, Law360 looks back at a few notable transportation-related rulings of 2021.
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July 02, 2021
Top Transportation Rulings Of 2021: Midyear Report
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling clarifying the limits of specific personal jurisdiction for automakers and a spate of Ninth Circuit rulings concerning California workplace regulations and the scope of federal preemption are among the biggest court decisions of the first half of 2021 impacting the transportation industry.
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June 25, 2021
Top Product Liability Cases Of 2021: Midyear Report
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling holding that Ford can be held liable for alleged defects in cars originally sold outside a plaintiff's home state and a ruling wiping out hundreds of cases alleging GlaxoSmithKline's anti-nausea drug Zofran causes birth defects are among Law360's top cases for the first six months of 2021.
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March 25, 2021
Big Auto's High Court Jurisdictional Workaround Rebuffed
The U.S. Supreme Court largely maintained the status quo for big automakers facing product defect and negligence suits, but raised new questions on the scope of specific personal jurisdiction by rebuffing Ford Motor Co.'s bid to strictly limit where manufacturers can be sued when their products cause injuries.
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March 25, 2021
Justices Say Ford Can't Slip Jurisdiction In State Defect Suits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday clarified the limits of specific personal jurisdiction and preserving litigants' due process rights by ruling that Ford Motor Co. can be sued in Montana and Minnesota over accidents involving used cars initially sold out-of-state with purportedly defective tires or air bags.
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January 03, 2021
Transportation Cases To Watch In 2021
A personal jurisdiction battle affecting the legal exposure of automakers and other product manufacturers, delivery drivers' feud with gig-economy companies over their independent contractor status and clashes over the scope of federal preemption are among the court battles that transportation attorneys are watching in 2021.
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October 07, 2020
High Court Mulls Jurisdictional Limits In Ford Defect Suits
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with the limits of specific personal jurisdiction and preserving litigants' due process rights as it considered whether Ford can be sued in Montana and Minnesota over accidents involving used cars with purportedly defective tires or air bags.
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October 02, 2020
'Jurisdictional Free-For-All' At Stake In Ford High Court Fight
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a pair of product liability cases against Ford seeking clarity on where automakers and other manufacturers could potentially be sued while ensuring injured consumers and accident victims are given fair access to courts.
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July 17, 2020
Product Liability Cases To Watch In 2020: Midyear Review
Among upcoming product liability cases in the rest of 2020 are oral arguments this fall before the U.S. Supreme Court involving jurisdiction questions in automaker Ford's challenges to a pair of defect suits, as well as an expected rise in suits related to COVID-19 claims. Here are Law360's cases to watch for the rest of the year.
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May 01, 2020
Ford Urges High Court To Toss Vehicle Defect Suits
Ford Motor Co. is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a pair of suits in Minnesota and Montana over alleged defects in the company's vehicles, saying the courts don't have jurisdiction because none of Ford's activities in those states led to the injuries.