Product Defect Case Series

Holcomb v. Georgia Pac., LLC, 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 56, 289 P.3d 188 (2012).

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Full Case Text: Holcomb v. Georgia Pac., LLC, 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 56, 289 P.3d 188 (2012)

Case Quotes:

Regardless of the cause of action, causation—encompassing both medical causation and sufficient exposure—is a necessary element in proving appellants’ case.5 See Klasch v. Walgreen Co., 127 Nev. ––––, ––––, 264 P.3d 1155, 1158 (2011) (plaintiff bears burden to establish causation as an element of negligence); Rivera v. Philip Morris, Inc., 125 Nev. 185, 191, 209 P.3d 271, 275 (2009) (plaintiff bears burden to prove causation in products liability cases); Rutherford v. Owens–Illinois, Inc., 16 Cal.4th 953, 67 Cal.Rptr.2d 16, 941 P.2d 1203, 1214 (1997) *193 (“Most asbestos personal injury actions are tried on a products liability theory.”).

Holcomb v. Georgia Pac., LLC, 128 Nev. Adv. Op. 56, 289 P.3d 188, 192-93 (2012)