Anytime/Web: Guilt By Association: You Didn't Design, Make or Sell It, But You Could Be Liable Anyway

Wynn Shuford
Lightfoot Franklin & White
(Birmingham, AL)

Civil conspiracy claims are on the rise in mass tort product liability litigation involving asbestos, breast implants, tobacco, automotive tires and other products, as well as in toxic tort cases. Trade association membership is fueling claims of enterprise liability, conspiracy, concert of action, collusion, fraud, deceptive trade practices and false advertising. Late-joining "conspirators", lack of intentional acts, observers vs. participants, intra-corporate civil conspiracy and the plurality requirement factor into defense strategies.
Defense weapons include demands for bills of particulars, motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, motions in limine, interrogatories, causal nexus, and a company story separate from the industry story.

Title:

Guilt By Association: You Didn't Design, Make or Sell It, But You Could Be Liable Anyway

Credit:

.25 CLE Credit Hours Available for AK AZ CA CO FL GA HI IL KY LA MO ND NJ NY TX UT WA (WA ID 294679)
Sponsor:
Trial.com

More:

http://www.trial.com/cle/courses/2010-sc/shuford.html