Warning: Don't Overwarn On Product Labels

Law360, New York ( July 13, 2016, 11:28 AM EDT) -- Attorneys representing manufacturers or sellers in products liability cases know that a plaintiff's claim is often built on the foundation of an "insufficient" warning, i.e., the product is unreasonably dangerous because it is not accompanied by a clear statement that it can cause the type of injury the plaintiff suffered when used in the same way under similar conditions. "If only the product had carried those few additional words of warning," the plaintiff says, "the injury would not have occurred."...

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