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Reconceptualizing Federal Preemption Of Tort Claims As The Government Standards Defense, Lars Noah Apr 1996

Reconceptualizing Federal Preemption Of Tort Claims As The Government Standards Defense, Lars Noah

William & Mary Law Review

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Product Liability Law In The Federal Arena, Sherman Joyce Jan 1996

Product Liability Law In The Federal Arena, Sherman Joyce

Seattle University Law Review

The law of product liability has been created by state judges and legislatures. Although not widely noticed, this tradition changed when Congress enacted the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994. That legislation established an eighteen-year statute of repose for claims brought by non-commercial passengers injured or killed in accidents involving light aircraft. Until that time, product liability law had been exclusively a function of state law. Nevertheless, product liability reform legislation has been the subject of extensive examination and scrutiny by Members of the United States Congress for one and a half decades. This Article analyzes the constitutional underpinnings for …