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University of Kentucky

1986

Feres doctrine

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Surrogate Immunity: The Government Contract Defense And Products Liability, Richard C. Ausness Jan 1986

Surrogate Immunity: The Government Contract Defense And Products Liability, Richard C. Ausness

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The government contract defense is an affirmative defense that shields a manufacturer from liability if the product causing injury complied strictly with design specifications set forth in a government procurement contract. The defense was first used by public works contractors to bar claims against them for damage to land and other property. However, in recent years, product manufacturers have invoked the government contract defense to avoid liability to third parties for defectively designed products supplied to the government.

Despite widespread judicial acceptance of the government contract defense in products liability litigation, a number of issues are still being hotly debated. …


Post-Discharge Failure To Warn: A New Theory Allowing Access To Ftca Recovery, Denise A. Garrison Jan 1986

Post-Discharge Failure To Warn: A New Theory Allowing Access To Ftca Recovery, Denise A. Garrison

Kentucky Law Journal

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