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SJC heard oral arguments in Reckis case

Issue January 2015

On Monday, Dec. 1, the Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments in Reckis, et al v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. The Massachusetts Bar Association filed an amicus in support of the plaintiffs.

The defendant manufacturers seek to expand the grasp of federal law to preempt tort liability for a failure to warn case - tort liability - that Congress explicitly mandated it to retain.

Visit www.massbar.org/reckis to view the amicus brief.