Principles of products liability /

Principles of products liability /

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Author / Creator:Geistfeld, Mark.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:New York : Foundation Press, 2011.
Description:xi, 333 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Concepts and insights series
Concepts and insights series.
Subject:
Products liability -- United States.
Warranty -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Consumer satisfaction -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Products liability.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8461640
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ISBN:1599419149
9781599419145
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • A Note on Citations
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Conceptual Overview
  • Chapter 1. The Doctrinal Development of Products Liability
  • I. The Evolution of Strict Products Liability from the Implied Warranty
  • II. The Evolution of Strict Products Liability from Negligence Principles
  • III. Controversy over the Standard of Liability
  • IV. The Source of Controversy: The Doctrinal Ambiguity of Consumer Expectations
  • Chapter 2. Consumer Expectations
  • I. Consumer Expectations and Tort Principles (The Fairness of Efficient Products Liability Rules)
  • II. The Law and Economics of Consumer Expectations
  • A. Reasonable Consumer Expectations: A Rationale for the Risk-Utility Test
  • B. Actual Consumer Expectations: The Duty Question
  • C. Distinguishing the Two Forms of Consumer Expectations: The Problem of Patent Dangers
  • Chapter 3. The Problem with Absolute Liability
  • I. Consumer Expectations of Insurance
  • II. The Historical Contingency of the Insurance Rationale for Tort Liability
  • III. The High Cost of Tort Insurance: A Rationale for the Requirement of Defect
  • IV. The "Makeweight" Insurance Rationale for Strict Liability
  • Chapter 4. The Complementary Roles of Consumer Expectations and the Risk-Utility Test
  • Part 2. Doctrinal Analysis
  • Chapter 5. Construction or Manufacturing Defects
  • I. The Rationale(s) for Strict Liability
  • II. Proof of Defect
  • III. Food Products
  • Chapter 6. Design Defects
  • I. A Stylized History of Design-Defect Jurisprudence: Emerging Consensus or Widespread Disagreement?
  • A. A Warranty-Based Evolutionary Path
  • B. A Negligence-Based Evolutionary Path
  • C. Differing Approaches to the Same Destination?
  • II. Proof of Defect: Reasonable Alternative Design
  • A. Proving Defect Without the Risk-Utility Test
  • B. The Risk-Utility Test
  • C. Instructing the Jury
  • III. The Role of Consumer Choice
  • A. Foreseeable Product Use
  • B. Inherent Product Dangers and Categorical Liability
  • IV. Considerations of Strict Liability: Shifting the Burden of Proof
  • Chapter 7. Warning Defects
  • I. The Duty to Warn
  • II. The Characteristics of an Adequate Warning
  • III. Proof of Defect
  • IV. The Role of Intermediaries
  • V. Considerations of Strict Liability: Unforeseeable Risks
  • VI. Post-Sale Warnings and Product Recalls
  • Chapter 8. The Relation Between Warnings and Product Design
  • Chapter 9. Prescription Drugs, Medical Devices, and the "Unavoidably Unsafe" Product Exemption from Strict Liability
  • I. "Unavoidably Unsafe" Products
  • II. Medical Products: Allegations of Defective Design
  • III. Manufacturing Defects and the Problem of Malfunction
  • Chapter 10. Products Liability in the "Age of Statutes"
  • I. Violation of Statutory Safety Standards
  • II. The Regulatory Compliance Defense
  • III. Statutory Preemption of Common-Law Tort Claims
  • Chapter 11. Causation
  • I. Factual Causation
  • A. The But-For Test
  • B. Causation in Warning Cases
  • C. Enhanced Injury
  • D. Scientific Uncertainty
  • E. Alternative and Market-Share Liability
  • II. Legal or Proximate Cause (A Reprise of Duty)
  • A. The Foreseeability Test
  • B. The Directness Test
  • Chapter 12. The Scope of Liability as Defined by the Type of Injury and Damages Remedy
  • I. Physical Harm and the Measure of Compensation
  • II. Pure Economic Loss
  • III. Stand-Alone Emotional Harms
  • IV. Punitive Damages
  • Chapter 13. Defenses Based on Consumer Conduct
  • I. Contractual Disclaimers or Waivers of Liability
  • II. Assumption of Risk
  • III. Product Misuse and Comparative Responsibility
  • Chapter 14. The Scope of Strict Products Liability as Defined by the Nature of the Transaction
  • I. Distributor and Retailer Liability
  • II. The "Sale" of a Product
  • III. The Sale of a "Product"
  • Chapter 15. Bystander Injuries
  • Table of Cases
  • Index

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