{"id":140,"date":"2016-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/product-recalls-and-product-liability-litigation-looking-at-the-connection-p3\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:34:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:34:10","slug":"product-recalls-and-product-liability-litigation-looking-at-the-connection-p3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/product-recalls-and-product-liability-litigation-looking-at-the-connection-p3\/","title":{"rendered":"Product recalls and product liability litigation: looking at the connection, P.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Picking up where we left off in our last post, we wanted to look briefly at the issue of product recalls in the context of product liability litigation.<\/p>\n<p>As we noted last time, the place a product recall will have in product liability litigation depends on the type of claim or claims being made, the state in which the claim is made, and other factors. One such factor is the way in which a recall is conducted. The way a company goes about a recall can affect whether it helps or hurts the company in subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/defective-products.html\">product liability<\/a> litigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In product liability cases based on negligence, for example, a product recall notice may contain admissions of negligence that can, in some states at least, be used as evidence in a product liability case. Companies are aware of this and are usually advised by counsel to avoid including any admissions in their recall notices, which can lead to another problem\u2014not including enough information. In other states, including New York, recall notices and documents may not be used as evidence of negligence. Some states do not allow such evidence for negligence claims, but do allow it for strict liability or breach of warranty claims, so it depends where the case is being brought and what law applies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/product-recalls-and-product-liability-litigation-looking-at-the-connection-p3\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Product recalls and product liability litigation: looking at the connection, P.3\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picking up where we left off in our last post, we wanted to look briefly at the issue of product recalls in the context of product liability litigation. 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