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Requiem For A Remedy: The Law And Economics Of Mutual Pharmaceutical V. Bartlett’S Over-Preemption, Robert C. Baker Iii
Requiem For A Remedy: The Law And Economics Of Mutual Pharmaceutical V. Bartlett’S Over-Preemption, Robert C. Baker Iii
Maryland Law Review Online
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(Still) "Unsafe At Any Speed": Why Not Jail For Auto Executives?, Rena I. Steinzor
(Still) "Unsafe At Any Speed": Why Not Jail For Auto Executives?, Rena I. Steinzor
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Americans can be forgiven for wondering what has gone so drastically wrong with the companies that sell automobiles. In 2014, 64 million, a number equivalent to one in five of the cars on the road, was recalled. Safety defects such as the lack of torque in ignition switches installed in GM compact cars like the Cobalt put motorists in the terrifying position of coping with a stalled engine and loss of power brakes while traveling at high speeds. GM had the audacity to classify this condition was not a safety defect, but instead was merely “inconvenient” for its customers. It …