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The Validity Of Ordinances Limiting Condominium Conversion, Michigan Law Review
The Validity Of Ordinances Limiting Condominium Conversion, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
In 1974, the New York Times ran a front-page story about the dilemma of an elderly woman who lived in a Washington, D.C., apartment building that was being converted into a condominium. On a limited budget, she faced the choice of either finding a new place to live in the tight Washington housing market or paying $2000 down and $422.50 in monthly installments for the same one-bedroom apartment she had been renting for $ 155.00 per month. The woman's situation is not unusual: a federal study estimates that owners have recently converted 60,000 rental apartment units to condominiums, and real …
Products Liability: Developments In The Rule Of Successor Liability For Product-Related Injuries, Mary Annette Horan
Products Liability: Developments In The Rule Of Successor Liability For Product-Related Injuries, Mary Annette Horan
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This article will briefly review the traditional principles of corporate law governing the assumption of liabilities in the acquisition of an ongoing business, and the doctrinal premises of strict products liability. Attention will then be critically directed to recent developments in case law in which the traditional rules have been modified to reflect the policy considerations of strict products liability. Finally, this article will discuss the possibility of legislative intervention in the development of new principles governing successor responsibility for products liability claims and propose that this problem is an appropriate subject for legislative rather than judicial action.