Product Liability -- actibe
Mayor & City of Baltimore v. BP, et al.
(Maryland Supreme Court)
Challenging the use of state tort law to dictate climate policy
On July 15, 2025, the Legal Center filed an amicus brief urging the Maryland Supreme Court to affirm a lower court’s determination that Baltimore, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County’s climate change litigation against energy manufacturers is preempted by federal law. We will argue that the subject matter and remedies sought through this litigation are inherently national, as well as legislative and regulatory in nature, and that such complex policy matters should not be driven by individual state judges in individual state courtrooms applying (or misapplying) various state liability laws.
Related Documents: NAM brief (July 15, 2025)
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