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Reconsidering Efficient Tort Rules For Personal Injury: The Case Of Single Activity Accidents, Jennifer H. Arlen
Reconsidering Efficient Tort Rules For Personal Injury: The Case Of Single Activity Accidents, Jennifer H. Arlen
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Book Reviews, Thomas G. Field Jr.
Book Reviews, Thomas G. Field Jr.
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Reviews of the following books prepared by Thomas G. Field, Jr., Editor-in-Chief of Risk:
Stephen D. Sugarman, Doing Away with Personal Injury Law, (1989).
Chet Fleming, If We can Keep a Severed Head Alive, (1988).
Corrective Justice From Aristotle To Second Order Liability: Who Should Pay When The Culpable Cannot?, Kathryn R. Heidt
Corrective Justice From Aristotle To Second Order Liability: Who Should Pay When The Culpable Cannot?, Kathryn R. Heidt
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Product Defects Causing Commercial Loss: The Ascendancy Of Contract Over Tort, William K. Jones
Product Defects Causing Commercial Loss: The Ascendancy Of Contract Over Tort, William K. Jones
University of Miami Law Review
No abstract provided.
Torts, Ralph Michael Stein
Torts, Ralph Michael Stein
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This Article surveys the most significant torts cases decided in the courts of New York State during the Survey year. Only cases which challenged existing law, modified longstanding doctrine, or announced new decisional law have been included. While 1989 was not a year of signal change for the law of torts, a number of cases deserve examination and analysis.
Disappearances And The Inter-American Court: Reflections On A Litigation Experience, Juan E. Mendez
Disappearances And The Inter-American Court: Reflections On A Litigation Experience, Juan E. Mendez
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Tort Law - The Public Duty Doctrine: Should It Apply In The Face Of Legislative Abrogation Of Sovereign Immunity? - Coleman V. Cooper, David S. Bowers
Tort Law - The Public Duty Doctrine: Should It Apply In The Face Of Legislative Abrogation Of Sovereign Immunity? - Coleman V. Cooper, David S. Bowers
Campbell Law Review
This Note analyzes the Coleman case. The Note suggests that the court incorrectly applied the public duty doctrine where the defense of governmental immunity had been waived. First, the Note traces the background of the public duty doctrine. Second, the Note discusses the facts and holding of the Coleman case. Next, the note focuses on cases from other jurisdictions that have analyzed the public duty doctrine and its relation to governmental immunity. Finally, the Note addresses the issue of whether there is a real distinction between governmental immunity and the public duty doctrine.
Unavoidably Unsafe Products And Strict Products Liability: What Liability Rule Should Be Applied To The Sellers Of Pharmaceutical Products?, Richard C. Ausness
Unavoidably Unsafe Products And Strict Products Liability: What Liability Rule Should Be Applied To The Sellers Of Pharmaceutical Products?, Richard C. Ausness
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Injuries from adverse drug reactions have increased dramatically in recent years. This increase is largely attributable to the changing nature of pharmaceutical products. First of all, more pharmaceutical products are currently available to physicians than ever in history. Presently, there are more than ten thousand prescription drugs on the market, and each year four hundred to five hundred new ones are introduced. Second, modern drugs often are more potent than their older counterparts, thus increasing the likelihood of adverse reactions.
It should come as no surprise that this rise in the number of drug-related injuries has led to a comparable …