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• Products Liability Law in Japan ( February 2004 )
  

  Japan’s 1995 product liability statute has yet to spawn a U.S.-like flurry of plaintiffs’ litigation. But the legislation has ushered in a new social consciousness of manufacturer culpability - and “David vs. Goliath” lawsuits are gaining momentum.

• Trial and Preparation of a Product Liability Case From a Defendant's Perspective ( August 2001 )
  

  The purpose of this outline is to introduce some of the major themes that are particularly significant in the trial of a product liability case, as contrasted with ordinary negligence litigation. This will serve to translate the legal theories of recovery and defense, unique to the law of product liability, into proof of the facts that support them.

• Product Liability and Microbial Foodborne Illness ( April 2001 )
  

  This report examines how product liability law treats personal injuries attributed to microbially contaminated foods. Reviewing the outcomes of 175 jury trials involving foodborne pathogens, the analysis identifies several factors that influence trial outcomes, while noting that the awards won by plaintiffs tend to be modest.

• Florida Products Liability: Manufacturing Defects vs. Design Defects. ( October 2000 )
  

  Introduction When a product injures someone, a court will ask the same sort of questions you would: How did the .

• New Jersey Products Liability Law: Explaining the McDonald's coffee case. ( October 2000 )
  

  Many people have heard about the elderly woman who got almost three million dollars for burning hers.

• Products Liability: Settling Products Liability Claims ( October 2000 )
  

  Introduction If you have been injured by a defective product you probably already know all the ways that the .

• Product Liability in Texas ( September 2000 )
  

  Introduction Sargenti Paste, an electric blanket, and a pneumatic nail gun, what do these things have in common.

• Colorado Products Liability Law: Explaining the McDonald's Coffee Case. ( August 2000 )
  

  Introduction: Many people have heard about the elderly woman who got almost three million dollars for burning he.

• Latex Glove Verdict of $1 Million Upheld by Wisconsin Appellate Court ( August 2000 )
  

  In affirming a $1 million verdict a Wisconsin appellate tribunal recognized the "horrendous pain and suffering" end.