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title: Products Liability
description: Advocate Magazine articles on Products Liability, from the Subject Matter Index.
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## [Hidden gold in plain sight](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-december/hidden-gold-in-plain-sight "Hidden gold in plain sight")

How to leverage public records in product-defect cases

[Adam Shea](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/adam-shea "Adam Shea")
[Jordan Phillips](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jordan-phillips "Jordan Phillips")

From Issue: [2025 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-december)

[![Class certification and warranty claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Mazella_istock-1151939169_88f205fc417979268c1f0f19102f6ade.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/class-certification-and-warranty-claims "Class certification and warranty claims")

## [Class certification and warranty claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/class-certification-and-warranty-claims "Class certification and warranty claims")

The implications of class-certification requirements in California State and Federal District Courts for breach of warranty claims in products-defect class actions

[Anastasia K. Mazzella](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/anastasia-k-mazzella "Anastasia K. Mazzella")
[Serena Vartazarian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/serena-vartazarian "Serena Vartazarian")

From Issue: [2020 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-june/appellate-reports-40 "Appellate Reports")

U.S. Supreme Court affirms state jurisdiction over alleged defective vehicles

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2021 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-june)

## [Appellate Report](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-april/appellate-report-8 "Appellate Report")

Warning labels on generic drugs; also, refusal to pay arbitration fees, and HOAs suing for construction defects

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2023 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-april)

## [E-cigarette litigation](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/e-cigarette-litigation "E-cigarette litigation")

Success often hinges on uncovering the chain of distribution

[Gabriel Sepulveda-Sanchez](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/gabriel-sepulveda-sanchez "Gabriel Sepulveda-Sanchez")

From Issue: [2020 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june)

## [Assessment and discovery strategy in strict-products-liability cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-december/assessment-and-discovery-strategy-in-strict-products-liability-cases "Assessment and discovery strategy in strict-products-liability cases")

A methodical approach can make all the difference in high-stakes products litigation

[Santo Riccobono](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/santo-riccobono "Santo Riccobono")
[Tobin Ellis](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/tobin-ellis "Tobin Ellis")

From Issue: [2025 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-december)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/appellate-reports-46 "Appellate Reports")

Supreme court rules governmental design immunity for dangerous roads does not categorically preclude failure-to-warn claims; also, public liability for dangerous sidewalks

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2023 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june)