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Individual And Institutional Responsibility: A Vision For Comparative Fault In Products Liability, Mary J. Davis
Individual And Institutional Responsibility: A Vision For Comparative Fault In Products Liability, Mary J. Davis
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Since the adoption of strict products liability over the last thirty years, two problems of scope have received the most attention: how to define product defectiveness to which the liability attaches, and how to limit the potentially limitless liability through defenses. Much like the industries of the nineteenth century, product liability defendants of the twentieth century turned to the plaintiff's conduct as a main line of defense. Blaming the victim has historically been a powerful tool for tort defendants to evade responsibility for their conduct. This Article proposes that the defenses based on victim fault that have evolved in our …
A Comparative Negligence Checklist To Avoid Future Unnecessary Litigation, John M. Rogers, Randy Donald Shaw
A Comparative Negligence Checklist To Avoid Future Unnecessary Litigation, John M. Rogers, Randy Donald Shaw
Kentucky Law Journal
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Torts--Contributory Negligence As A Matter Of Law, Thomas L. Hindes
Torts--Contributory Negligence As A Matter Of Law, Thomas L. Hindes
Kentucky Law Journal
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The Burden Of Pleading Contributory Negligence In Kentucky, Gladney Harville
The Burden Of Pleading Contributory Negligence In Kentucky, Gladney Harville
Kentucky Law Journal
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Proximate Cause--Contributory Negligence--The Last Clear Chance Doctrine--Chesapeake And Ohio Railway Company V. Poe, Anne F. Noyes
Proximate Cause--Contributory Negligence--The Last Clear Chance Doctrine--Chesapeake And Ohio Railway Company V. Poe, Anne F. Noyes
Kentucky Law Journal
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Torts--Contributory Negligence Of Passenger In Automobile, Richard Bush Jr.
Torts--Contributory Negligence Of Passenger In Automobile, Richard Bush Jr.
Kentucky Law Journal
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Torts--Infants Contributory Negligence, William S. Jett Jr.
Torts--Infants Contributory Negligence, William S. Jett Jr.
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.