JD Supra

Defeat Design Defect Claims Before They’re Filed

During product development, it’s not unusual to discover certain failure points in a surgical robot’s design. For example, certain components, like nuts or bolts or screws, may become brittle when ...
JD Supra

Design Defect’s “Consumer Expectations” Test; When Is It Unavailable?

In Verrazono v. Gehl Company, et al., 50 Cal.App 5th 636, Plaintiff Gary Verrazono (“Plaintiff”) sued Defendant Gehl Company (“Defendant”) for negligence and strict product liability based on design ...
Law

Will Connecticut Supreme Court Re-Invent Design Defect Law at Expense of Consumers?

Will Connecticut Supreme Court Re-Invent Design Defect Law at Expense of Consumers? The Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A, cmt. c has been the law in Connecticut for half a century. It is supported ...
Washington Examiner

Jury verdict affirmed: Evidence presented at trial supported design defect claim, Calif. court says

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – A California appeals court has affirmed a jury’s verdict in favor of a former boiler worker’s asbestos claims, finding that the claimant presented sufficient evidence ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Techniques To Identify And Correct Asymmetric Wafer Map Defects Caused By Design And Process Errors

Asymmetries in wafer map defects are usually treated as random production hardware defects. For example, asymmetric wafer defects can be caused by particles inadvertently deposited on a wafer during ...