Construction,
Civil Litigation,
California Courts of Appeal
Dec. 23, 2020
Manufacturers aren’t insulated from liability just because products are installed in a new home
A recent appellate ruling clarifies that product manufacturers can escape liability simply because their defective products are installed in a new home.
Mark S. Roth
Member
Cozen O'Connor
Email: mroth@cozen.com
Mark is a former office managing partner of the Los Angeles office of Cozen O'Connor, which he opened when he joined the firm in 1995.
The California Court of Appeal, in State Farm General Insurance Company v. Oetiker, Inc., 2020 DJDAR 132512 (Cal. App. 4th Dist. Dec. 18, 2020), recently provided much-needed guidance on the scope of the Right to Repair Act -- specifically, its applicability to defective products incorporated in new homes. That 2002 act, codified in Civil Cod...
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