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Perspective

Dec. 25, 2014

Products liability in a connected world

Products liability attorneys would be wise to study its development, and be prepared to re-think how they represent clients in a quickly changing technology landscape. By Garret Fahy


By Garrett M. Fahy


A locomotive is comprised of over 200,000 parts, can weigh over 400,000 pounds, and at top speed approaches 70 miles per hour on open track. A breakdown, hardly improbable with so many moving parts, is a nightmare: It causes a traffic jam miles long, and requires a crane to remove the locomotive, which must be hauled back to the yard for repairs, which may take weeks.


Conversely, increasing a locomotive's speed by one mile per ho...

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