Risk-utility : Products Liability

Risk-utility

Pretrial Determinations Of Product Safety: Is The Tide Turning?
William D. Kennedy
Recently, some courts have reinvigorated the Azzarello analysis by dismissing cases involving consumer misuse or products with high social value.
What Constitutes A Product Defect?
Ginsberg & O'Connor, P.C.
Recently our office litigated a Product Liability case for over three years and tried it before a judge and jury in.
U.S. Product Liability Law Undergoes Revisions

In 1965, the American Law Institute published the Restatement of Torts (Second).
Documenting A Manufacturer's Design Process
Bowman and Brooke LLP
Some manufacturers do very little to incorporate safety into the design of their products; others do a lot.
It Shouldn't be Necessary to State the Obvious
John B. Geddie of Greenberg Peden P.C.
A motorcycle could be made safer by adding two additional wheels and a cab, but then it is no longer a motorcycle.
The 3rd Restatement of Torts-Shaping the Future of Products Liability Law

The Restatements of Law are a series of legal treatises authored by the American Law Institute, a group of America'.
The Dangers of Me-Tooism
Eric J. Swetsky of Eric J. Swetsky, Barrister & Solicitor
A UK court ruling highlights the perils of imitating the competition.