Principles of products liability /
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| Author / Creator: | Geistfeld, Mark, author. |
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Imprint: | St. Paul, MN : Foundation Press, [2020] ©2020 |
| Description: | xii, 374 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Concepts and insights series Concepts and insights series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12397653 |
| Related Items: | Revision of:
Principles of products liability. |
Table of Contents:
- The doctrinal development of products liability
- Consumer expectations
- The problem with absolute liability
- Strict products liability
- Construction or manufacturing defects
- Product malfunctions
- Design defects
- Warning defects
- The relation between warnings and product design
- Prescription drugs, medical devices, and the "unavoidably safe" product exemption from strict liability
- Products liability in the "age of statutes"
- Factual causation
- Legal or proximate cause (a reprise of duty)
- Tort damages and the types of compensable injuries
- Defenses based on consumer conduct
- The scope of strict products liability as defined by the nature of the transaction
- Bystander injuries.