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Are Artificial Tans The New Cigarette? How Plaintiffs Can Use The Lessons Of Tobacco Litigation In Bringing Claims Against The Indoor Tanning Industry, Andrea Y. Loh
Michigan Law Review
Indoor tanning salons have grown significantly in popularity during recent years. Scientific research has revealed a strong link between skin cancer and ultraviolet light exposure from indoor tanning lamps. Despite such dangers, federal regulations place minimal restrictions on the labeling of indoor tanning lamps. Indoor tanning salons work vigorously to dispel notions of a link to skin cancer, often falsely promoting various health benefits of indoor tanning. The first lawsuit for injuries resulting from indoor tanning was recently filed against an indoor tanning salon, and other such litigation is poised to follow. This Note examines three potential tort claims against …
In The Regulation Of Manmade Carcinogens, If Feasibility Analysis Is The Answer, What Is The Question?, Christopher H. Schroeder
In The Regulation Of Manmade Carcinogens, If Feasibility Analysis Is The Answer, What Is The Question?, Christopher H. Schroeder
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Environmentally Induced Cancer and the Law by Frank B. Cross
The Politics Of Cancer, Michigan Law Review
The Politics Of Cancer, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Politics of Cancer by Samuel S. Epstein
Sales-Implied Warranty-Merchantable Quality Of Tobacco Products, John E. Mogk
Sales-Implied Warranty-Merchantable Quality Of Tobacco Products, John E. Mogk
Michigan Law Review
Decedent's widow and the administrator of his estate brought a consolidated suit against the American Tobacco Company on six theories of liability for the death of decedent, allegedly caused by lung cancer purportedly contracted from the smoking of defendant's cigarettes. At the close of plaintiff's evidence, the district court directed a verdict for defendant on all counts except those of implied warranty and negligence. The jury determined that, although defendant's cigarettes were the cause of decedent's lung cancer and resultant death, defendant had no means of knowing that the cigarettes would cause cancer. On appeal of the implied warranty charge …
Radiation Injuries And Statistics: The Need For A New Approach To Injury Litigation, Samuel D. Estep
Radiation Injuries And Statistics: The Need For A New Approach To Injury Litigation, Samuel D. Estep
Michigan Law Review
The emphasis given by the mass media of communication to some of the dramatic problems arising from the use of nuclear energy unfortunately has diverted attention from some of the matters about which something can be done by lawyers, administrators, and legislators without the necessity of complicated international negotiations between various parties to the "Cold War." The headlines leave the uninformed, and perhaps often also the informed, public with the impression that even for radiation injuries the important problems all deal with such questions as: (1) Will only a few or many millions of people survive an all-out nuclear war? …
Limitations Of Actions - Physicians And Surgeons - Malpractice - Accrual Of Cause Of Action, Michigan Law Review
Limitations Of Actions - Physicians And Surgeons - Malpractice - Accrual Of Cause Of Action, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Defendant, a physician, treated plaintiff's decedent for cancer. Defendant failed to remove certain radium beads from decedent's uterus, and their presence in her body caused her death approximately five years later. The fact that defendant failed to remove the radium beads was not learned by plaintiff until a few months before decedent's death. Plaintiff brought suit, under the Kansas Wrongful Death Statute, within two years of the discovery of the alleged malpractice. Held, since plaintiff's cause of action accrued when the injurious acts took place, and since the statutory two-year limitation upon the bringing of tort actions was applicable, …