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State Of The Art Evidence Under Ohio Strict Products Liability Law, Chris L. Hurlbut
State Of The Art Evidence Under Ohio Strict Products Liability Law, Chris L. Hurlbut
Cleveland State Law Review
While the evolution of strict products liability has not generated as much jurisprudence in Ohio as it has in other states, the Ohio law that has evolved clearly reflects the national confusion. Frequently, the confusion both nationally and in Ohio results from the courts' failure to adequately separate the many issues that arise in a strict products liability action. The purpose of this Note is to focus on one narrow issue in Ohio strict products liability law-the admissibility of state of the art evidence. The Ohio Supreme Court has never addressed this question, and other jurisdictions are split on the …
Cancer And Toxic Substances: The Problem Of Causation And The Use Of Epidemiology, Junius C. Mcelveen Jr., Pamela S. Eddy
Cancer And Toxic Substances: The Problem Of Causation And The Use Of Epidemiology, Junius C. Mcelveen Jr., Pamela S. Eddy
Cleveland State Law Review
This article seeks to illuminate the difficulties in finding causation between cancer development and toxic substances. Section II gives a brief history of cancer in society as well as an introduction to the biological cancer mechanism, and highlights our general lack of knowledge about cancer. Section III takes a brief look at some occupations and environmental factors that have been suggested causes of cancer. Section IV discusses in depth the problems with establishing association between toxic substances and cancer, especially in establishing causal significance. Section V analyzes how the epidemiology of disease and toxic substances is treated by courts. Section …