From Metaphor to Reality? NCAA Athletes Might Become Your Favorite College’s New Employees

“Being a college athlete is a full-time job.” This saying is a metaphor for the realities of playing college sports, especially at the Division 1 level. However, a recent trend in court cases involving the NCAA might push this metaphor into reality. Case Background In February, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments […]

Seventh Circuit Releases Two New Personal Jurisdiction Cases

Our product liability clients are often faced with the question of whether an Illinois court has the power to exercise personal jurisdiction over them. Often, these clients are incorporated outside of Illinois and do not have principal places of business in Illinois, yet they’re being named as defendants in lawsuits filed in Illinois that have […]

Seventh Circuit Gets Specific about Non-Specific Defect Theory

In Bensenberg v. FCA US LLC, Donna Bensenberg (“Decedent”) filed suit to recover damages on a theory of strict product liability for injuries she sustained from an auto accident after her vehicle’s front airbag did not deploy. 31 F.4th 529 (7th Cir. 2022). While litigation was pending, Decedent passed away from unrelated causes. Id. at 533. Her son, […]