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Products Liability Tort Reform: Why Virginia Should Adopt The Henderson Twerski Proposed Revision Of Section 402a, Restatement (Second) Of Torts, Peter N. Swisher
Products Liability Tort Reform: Why Virginia Should Adopt The Henderson Twerski Proposed Revision Of Section 402a, Restatement (Second) Of Torts, Peter N. Swisher
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The purpose of this Article is fourfold: first, to illustrate that there is currently a newer, more balanced consensus view in American products liability law today; second, to demonstrate that this current, realistically balanced, consensus in American products liability law is persuasively codified in a proposed revision to section 402A, Restatement (Second) of Torts, by Professors James Henderson and Aaron Twerski; third, to compare and contrast current Virginia products liability law with the Henderson- Twerski proposed revision of section 402A; fourth, to propose new legislation in Virginia that would incorporate the Henderson-Twerski proposal, and would realistically reform existing Virginia products …