The past decade has seen dramatic developments in the law of products liability. There has been liberalization of the exclusive control requirement of res ipsa Ioquitur, Iegislative and judicial relaxation of the privity requirement, and creation of a new theory of recovery - strict liability in tort. Consequently, many jurisdictions now offer three theories of recovery to persons injured through use of a defective product: negligence, breach of warranty, and strict liability in tort. Although the recent products liability developments have been extensively treated both by courts and by commentators, numerous problems remain. One of the most pressing problems is the availability of defenses based on the conduct of the plaintiff
Many manufacturers and insurance companies claim that a products liability crisis exists. This is ev...
The assault upon the citadel, having proceeded apace for 35 years, has achieved spectacular victory....
Strict liability has always been the heart and soul of American products liability law. As early as ...
Since World War H, revolutionary changes have overtaken the American law of products liability. Such...
When the history of Twentieth Century America\u27s jurisprudence is chronicled, a prominent chapter ...
In the products liability area the pendulum has now swung back to the imposition of strict liability...
While judicial acceptance of this concept of strict tort liability has been proceeding apace, far le...
This article examines special defenses in products liablitly. Specifically, the government contracto...
This article will briefly review the traditional principles of corporate law governing the assumptio...
This Note argues that if a seller and a commercial buyer are in privity, damage to a product resulti...
Judicial decisions, as well as statutory enactments, have removed many of the traditional stumbling ...
Much has been written by judges and scholars about abrogation of both the requirement of privity for...
Professor Wertheimer has proposed that courts be allowed to hold producers strictly liable for produ...
Professor Wertheimer has proposed that courts be allowed to hold producers strictly liable for produ...
Professor Wertheimer has proposed that courts be allowed to hold producers strictly liable for produ...
Many manufacturers and insurance companies claim that a products liability crisis exists. This is ev...
The assault upon the citadel, having proceeded apace for 35 years, has achieved spectacular victory....
Strict liability has always been the heart and soul of American products liability law. As early as ...
Since World War H, revolutionary changes have overtaken the American law of products liability. Such...
When the history of Twentieth Century America\u27s jurisprudence is chronicled, a prominent chapter ...
In the products liability area the pendulum has now swung back to the imposition of strict liability...
While judicial acceptance of this concept of strict tort liability has been proceeding apace, far le...
This article examines special defenses in products liablitly. Specifically, the government contracto...
This article will briefly review the traditional principles of corporate law governing the assumptio...
This Note argues that if a seller and a commercial buyer are in privity, damage to a product resulti...
Judicial decisions, as well as statutory enactments, have removed many of the traditional stumbling ...
Much has been written by judges and scholars about abrogation of both the requirement of privity for...
Professor Wertheimer has proposed that courts be allowed to hold producers strictly liable for produ...
Professor Wertheimer has proposed that courts be allowed to hold producers strictly liable for produ...
Professor Wertheimer has proposed that courts be allowed to hold producers strictly liable for produ...
Many manufacturers and insurance companies claim that a products liability crisis exists. This is ev...
The assault upon the citadel, having proceeded apace for 35 years, has achieved spectacular victory....
Strict liability has always been the heart and soul of American products liability law. As early as ...