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Jim Rotondo and Jennifer Shukla wrote an article, "Conn. High Court Modifies Design Defect Standards," for Law360. The article is about the significance of the decision in Izzarelli v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 321 Conn. 172 (2016) (officially released May 3, 2016) nicknamed by the media as the "Good Tobacco" litigation. With the decision, the Connecticut Supreme Court altered the legal landscape in Connecticut for design defect product liability claims. The authors describe the case as "Connecticut Supreme Court’s attempt at finding a middle ground in a national debate about the best standard to use in design defect product liability cases." The plaintiff sued R.J Reynolds for allegedly intentionally manipulating the additives and nicotine content in its Salem brand of cigarettes to make the cigarettes more addictive and consequently more carcinogenic and won the first trial. The case established that the modified consumer expectations test, which involves balancing several risk and utility factors and will generally require expert evidence, is the default and primary standard for design defect cases in Connecticut. The case fits squarely within a national trend of moving away from the ordinary consumer expectations test in design defect cases.
Day Pitney of counsel Michael Furey co-authored an article for the New Jersey Law Journal with Patrick J. McDonnell,Esq., a partner with McDonnell & Associates, and Merrill E. Gershwin, M.D., a rheumatologist on the faculty of the University of California, Davis.
On May 5, Florida Partner Mark Romance spoke at the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation Annual Conference.
Litigation partner James H. Rotondo and Insurance associate Jason E. Rusche authored the article, "The Litigation Privilege: Immunity for False Pleadings and Discovery Responses?" for the Connecticut Law Tribune.
James Rotondo and Andrew Ammirati authored a bylined article for Law360 titled, “Snapchat Case May Offer Opening For Design Defect Plaintiffs.”
Day Pitney Partner James Rotondo, Counsel Steven Cash, and their former colleague Kaitlin Canty authored the chapter, "Regulating Cannabis Products," in the second edition of Product Liability Litigation, Current Law, Strategies, and Best Practices, published by Practicing Law Institute.
Day Pitney Intellectual Property Partners Elizabeth Alquist, George Chaclas and Jonathan Tropp have been named to Managing IP’s IP Stars 2022 List.
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