Products Liability

This work covers all aspects of products liability law and discusses over 700 different products and product categories and provides a table of cases by product.

It discusses parties liable (manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, middlemen, repairers, advertisers and government); theories of liability (negligence, strict liability in tort, breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty and fraud); statute of limitations; conflict of law; indemnity and contribution; class actions; multi-district litigation; defences; insurance; European draft legislation; state legislation and UPLA; evidence and expert witnesses; and newly emerging topics. Topics covered include: vaccines; government contract defence; human factors in products liability; proposed federal products liability legislation; manufacturers' criminal liability; products liability and bankruptcy; liability of successor corporations; and product line liability.

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