Risk-utility : Products Liability

Risk-utility

Pretrial Determinations Of Product Safety: Is The Tide Turning?
William D. Kennedy of White and Williams LLP

Recently, some courts have reinvigorated the Azzarello analysis by dismissing cases involving consumer misuse or products with high social value.
The 3rd Restatement of Torts-Shaping the Future of Products Liability Law
Quinlivan Wexler LLP

The Restatements of Law are a series of legal treatises authored by the American Law Institute, a group of America'.
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
Bowman and Brooke LLP

In 1965, the American Law Institute published the Restatement of Torts (Second).
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 Dangers of Me-Tooism
Eric J. Swetsky of Eric J. Swetsky, Barrister & Solicitor

A UK court ruling highlights the perils of imitating the competition.
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.