Boston Partners Kenneth B. Walton and Patricia B. Gary recently obtained a favorable decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Cappello v. Restaurant Depot, LLC. Anthony Cappello, a New Hampshire resident, consumed a take-out salad from a counter-serve deli in New Jersey. Within days of returning to New Hampshire he was diagnosed with a life-threatening E. coli infection that required surgery, including removal of his colon.

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Wilentz attorneys Lynne M. Kizis, co-chair of the Mass Tort/Class Action team, and Joseph Carlo co-authored the article featured in the New Jersey Law Journal’s Product Liability & Class Action annual supplement. They review the New Jersey case law on the enforceability of browsewrap and clickwrap agreements in light of the recent Santana v. SmileDirectClub decision. Online retailers have increasingly favored these online agreements, which can remove many future plaintiffs from litigation due to their standard […]