Public Justice is lead appellate counsel in this lawsuit against Ford alleging that a passenger truck was unreasonably dangerous because its side windows were made of tempered glass, which shatters on impact, rather than laminated glass, which holds together in the event of a crash,…
Public Justice opposed the drug company Novartis’s federal preemption defense in this case involving the prescription drug Elidel. In its motion to dismiss, Novartis argued that the plaintiffs’ failure-to-warn claims were preempted because they conflicted with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the…
This case arises out of an auto accident in a parking lot in which the plaintiff, Mark Pellegrin, was struck by a drunk driver and so severely injured that he will be incompetent for the rest of his life. The car was leased by the…
Our amicus brief in Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corporation helped persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a no-opt-out class action settlement binding all present and future asbestos victims. The decision created new safeguards against the use of no-opt-out class actions to cap corporate liability…
We challenged the protective order sealing evidence of three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles’ (ATV’s) dangers in Oberg v. Honda Motor Co., the first case to award punitive damages against an ATV manufacturer. The court unsealed the evidence and opened it to the public.
In O’Hara v. General Motors, the court held — as Public Justice’s amicus brief urged — that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205, a regulation that gives car makers the option of using either advanced glazing or tempered glass in car side windows, is a…
We were lead counsel on an appeal to the Ninth Circuit, where we argued that an arbitration clause between a one-woman franchise owner in California and its national parent corporation was unconscionable, in part because it required arbitration in Massachusetts and forced the franchisee to…
Appeal of Minnesota federal court decision holding (1) that a plaintiff’s failure-to-warn claims against generic drug companies for injuries caused by metoclopromide are preempted by federal law; and (2) that her failure-to-warn claims against the manufacturers of the brand-name version of the drug could not…
One of a number of Public Justice’s challenges to payday lending operations under North Carolina law. Check ‘n Go removed McQuillan to federal court, but the case was remanded to state court. In December 2005, the court granted defendants’ motions to compel arbitration, rejecting plaintiffs’ arguments…
The plaintiffs in this putative nationwide class action allege that DirecTV has violated California consumer protection laws by engaging in a “bait and switch” scheme in which it markets satellite television receivers for purchase, informing customers only after the sale is completed that they have…
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