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Virginia Should Abolish The Archaic Tort Defense Of Contributory Negligence And Adopt A Comparative Negligence Defense In Its Place, Peter Nash Swisher
Virginia Should Abolish The Archaic Tort Defense Of Contributory Negligence And Adopt A Comparative Negligence Defense In Its Place, Peter Nash Swisher
University of Richmond Law Review
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Fda Regulatory Compliance Reconsidered, Carl W. Tobias
Fda Regulatory Compliance Reconsidered, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Many observers consider the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vital for the protection of consumer health and safety. One hundred years ago, Congress established the entity that would become the FDA and authorized it to regulate foods and drugs, critical responsibilities that the agency has long discharged carefully. Throughout the past century, the FDA's regulatory power has expanded systematically, albeit gradually, while legislatures and courts in the fifty American jurisdictions broadened liability exposure for manufacturers that sold defective products that injured consumers. Observers have recently criticized the agency for overseeing pharmaceuticals too leniently, even as states increasingly narrowed manufacturers' liability …
The Avid Sportsman And The Scope For Self-Protection: When Exculpatory Clauses Should Be Enforced, Robert Heidt
The Avid Sportsman And The Scope For Self-Protection: When Exculpatory Clauses Should Be Enforced, Robert Heidt
University of Richmond Law Review
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Proximate Cause And The American Law Institute: The False Choice Between The "Direct-Consequences" Test And The "Risk Standard", Michael L. Wells
Proximate Cause And The American Law Institute: The False Choice Between The "Direct-Consequences" Test And The "Risk Standard", Michael L. Wells
University of Richmond Law Review
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Labor And Employment Law, Thomas M. Winn Iii
Labor And Employment Law, Thomas M. Winn Iii
University of Richmond Law Review
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Strict Liability In Tort: A Modest Proposal, David G. Epstein
Strict Liability In Tort: A Modest Proposal, David G. Epstein
Law Faculty Publications
Centuries ago, the noted Irish satirist, Jonathan Swift, made a "modest proposal' that the inhabitants of the Emerald Isle remedy a severe food shortage they were experiencing by eating their young. To some, a proposal of the adoption of strict liability in tort-regardless of how limited-is no more a modest proposal than Mr. Swift's. It is submitted that this opposition to strict liability in tort is at least in part due to a misunderstanding of the present state of the law as to a manufacturer's liability to injured consumers. In most jurisdictions, the adoption of strict liability in tort for …