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This provides the attorney with one place to obtain all information about products liability, from analysis of the products, design issues, the parties, the causes of action, defenses, damages, litigation techniques, international issues, and source material.
Treatise covers every facet of the law, including theories of recovery, causation, collective liability, plaintiff and defendant considerations, strict liability, breach of warranty, negligence, defective products, or warnings.
Specifically, the treatise covers the following topics:
• Discussion of the different damages that can be awarded, such as actual and punitive damages, as well as indemnity, contribution and apportionment of damages, and new issues, such as medical monitoring
• Includes a chapter on illustrative awards in PL cases
• Procedural matters, such as jurisdiction, venue, discovery, evidence, experts, statutes of limitations, and related insurance issues
• Discussion of issues related to federal preemption and government liability for defective products
• Specific chapters devoted to analysis of actions involving common defective products, such as food, drugs, medical devices, inflammable substances, toxic torts, tobacco, automobiles
• Extensive coverage on Product Safety Management, useful for evaluating whether a manufacturer has acted negligently in designing and manufacturing a product or in testing or evaluating its safety
• Also includes chapters on design assurance, safety analysis, documentation, purchasing, product distribution, and recalls
• Numerous chapters devoted to the technical aspects of products, such as automotive accident reconstruction, technical aspects of mechanical design, buckling failures, and human factors issues
• Comprehensive coverage of state and federal laws affecting products liability, including Consumer Products Safety Act, National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, Defense Research Institute Proposals, Uniform Comparative Fault Act, American Bar Association Recommendations, Restatement of Torts (Third)
• Table of Cases and Table of Cases by Product
• Various sample documents (e.g., pleadings, discovery requests, checklists) for the practitioner
First published 1960.
The original authors are Louis R. Frumer and Melvin I. Friedman, highly respected practitioners in products liability litigation. Last updated by Cary Stewart Sklaren.
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Table of contents
VOLUME 1
Chapter 1 Products Liability History
Chapter 2 Products Liability Theories
Chapter 3 Causation and Collective Liability in Products Liability Litigation
Chapter 4 Products Liability Plaintiffs
Chapter 5 Products Liability Defendants
Chapter 6 Liability of Entities in the Chain of Distribution
Chapter 7 Liability of Successor Corporations
Chapter 8 Strict Liability
VOLUME 2
Chapter 9 Breach of Warranty
Chapter 10 Negligence
Chapter 11 Manufacturing and Design Defects
Chapter 12 Warnings
Chapter 13 Damages
Chapter 13A Illustrative Awards and Settlements
Chapter 14 Punitive Damages
Chapter 15 Indemnity, Contribution, and Apportionment of Damages
VOLUME 3
Chapter 16 Jurisdiction, Venue and Related Principles
Chapter 17 Discovery in Products Liability Litigation
Chapter 18 Evidence in Products Liability Litigation
Chapter 19 Multiple Litigation
Chapter 20 Death Actions
Chapter 21 Enhanced Injury Litigation
Chapter 22 Automotive Products Liability Law
Chapter 23 Products Liability and Bankruptcy
VOLUME 4
Chapter 24 Federal Preemption and Products Liability Litigation
Chapter 25 Conflict of Laws
Chapter 26 Statutes of Limitation
Chapters 27-29 [Reserved]
Chapter 30 United States Government Liability
Chapter 31 The Government Contract Defense
Chapter 32 Products Liability in Maritime Law
Chapters 33-34 [Reserved]
Chapter 35 Manufacturers' Criminal Liability
Chapters 36-47 [Reserved]
Chapter 48 Food and Beverages
VOLUME 5
Chapter 49 Allergies
Chapter 50 Drugs
Chapter 51 Vaccines and Product Liability
Chapter 52 Engineering Aspects of Medical and Surgical Instruments and Devices
Chapter 53 Medical Instruments and Devices
Chapter 54 Inflammable Substances
Chapter 55 Toxic Torts
Chapter 56 Tobacco and Products Liability Litigation
Chapter 57 Recalls
VOLUME 6
Chapter 58 Products Liability Insurance
Chapter 59 Products Liability Law of Japan
Chapter 60 Products Liability in English Law
Chapters 61-69 [Reserved]
Chapter 70 Product Safety Management: Policy, Systems, and Elements
Chapter 71 Product Safety Management: Safety and Operation Reviews
Chapter 72 Product Safety Management: Organization Structure
Chapter 73 Product Safety Management: Design Assurance
Chapter 74 Product Safety Management: Design Safety Analysis
Chapter 75 Product Safety Management: Documentation of Design
Chapter 76 Product Safety Management: Typical Codes and Standards and Their Applicability
Chapter 77 Product Safety Management: Design Safety Verification
Chapter 78 Product Safety Management: Manufacturing Controls
Chapter 79 Product Safety Management: Quality Management and Planning
Chapter 80 Product Safety Management: Control of Purchases
Chapter 81 Product Safety Management: Control of Production by Inspection
Chapter 82 Product Safety Management: Calibration Systems
Chapter 83 Product Safety Management: Nonconforming Material and Corrective Action
Chapter 84 Product Safety Management: Business Records
Chapter 85 Product Safety Management: Management Audits
Chapter 86 Product Safety Management: Product Distribution and External Recalls
Chapter 87 Product Safety Management: Bibliography
Chs 88-89 [Reserved]
VOLUME 7
Chapter 90 Automotive Accident Reconstruction
Chapter 91 Technical Aspects of Mechanical Design
Chapter 92 Buckling Failures
Chapter 93 Biomechanics of Head Injury
Chapter 94 Inspection and Testing for Quality Control in Industry Practice
Chapter 95 Sampling in Legal Cases
Chapter 96 Laboratory Investigation of Material Failures
Chapter 97 Engineering Aspects of Guarding of Machinery and Equipment
Chapter 98 Design and Construction Aspects of Children's Toys and Recreational Equipment
Chapter 99 Human Factors in Products Liability
Chapter 100 Power Lawn Mowers
Appendix A Proposed Federal Product Liability Legislation
Appendix B Uniform Model Products Liability Act
VOLUME 8
Appendix C State Product Liability Statutes
Appendix D [Reserved]
Appendix E Final Report of National Commission on Product Safety: Consumer Product Safety Act
Appendix F Handbook and Standard for Manufacturing Safer Consumer Products (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)
VOLUME 9
Appendix G Interagency Task Force on Product Liability: Final Report
Appendix H National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
Appendix I Defense Research Institute Proposals
Appendix J American Insurance Association Proposals
Appendix K Uniform Comparative Fault Act
Appendix L Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act
Appendix M Senate and House Committee Reports on Product Liability Risk Retention Act; Product Liability Risk Retention Act
Appendix N American Bar Association Recommendations
VOLUME 10
Appendix O Restatement of the Law (Third) of Torts: Products Liability (Final Draft)
Table of Cases
VOLUME 11
Table of Cases by Product
Index
