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Automobile Accident Litigation In Kentucky, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law, Robert D. Monfort
Automobile Accident Litigation In Kentucky, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law, Robert D. Monfort
Continuing Legal Education Materials
A practitioner's handbook that walks attorneys through the litigation processes arising from automobile accidents and related issues.
Unavoidably Unsafe Products And Strict Products Liability: What Liability Rule Should Be Applied To The Sellers Of Pharmaceutical Products?, Richard C. Ausness
Unavoidably Unsafe Products And Strict Products Liability: What Liability Rule Should Be Applied To The Sellers Of Pharmaceutical Products?, Richard C. Ausness
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Injuries from adverse drug reactions have increased dramatically in recent years. This increase is largely attributable to the changing nature of pharmaceutical products. First of all, more pharmaceutical products are currently available to physicians than ever in history. Presently, there are more than ten thousand prescription drugs on the market, and each year four hundred to five hundred new ones are introduced. Second, modern drugs often are more potent than their older counterparts, thus increasing the likelihood of adverse reactions.
It should come as no surprise that this rise in the number of drug-related injuries has led to a comparable …
Compensation For Smoking-Related Injuries: An Alternative To Strict Liability In Tort, Richard C. Ausness
Compensation For Smoking-Related Injuries: An Alternative To Strict Liability In Tort, Richard C. Ausness
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The Surgeon General has described cigarette smoking as the "single most important preventable environmental factor contributing to illness, disability and death in the United States." Each year, smoking-related diseases claim more than 350,000 lives. Smoking-related illnesses also impose a huge economic burden on society. Estimates of health care costs range from $12 billion to $22 billion per year, and productivity losses due to illness and death are even greater.
Arguably, cigarette companies and their customers ought to bear the health costs of smoking. At the present time, however, the tobacco industry has largely escaped responsibility for these costs. Instead, smoking-related …