Wright v. Brooke Group, Ltd., 652 N.W.2d 159 (Iowa 2002). In this seminal case the Iowa Supreme Court adopted the Restatement (Third) of Torts, Products Liability, Section 2, and abandoned the Restatement (Second) Section 402A. Whitfield & Eddy attorneys authored the amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Iowa Defense Counsel Association and the Defense Research Institute, Inc. The position of the amici was adopted.
Geier v. Honda American Motor Co., 529 U.S. 861, 120 S. Ct. 1913, 146 L.Ed.2d 914 (2000). In this important United States Supreme Court decision on federal preemption, Whitfield & Eddy attorneys authored an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Defense Research Institute, Inc. The position of the amici was adopted by the Court.