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Categorical Liability For Manifestly Unreasonable Designs: Why The Comment D Caveat Should Be Removed From The Restatement (Third), Michael J. Toke Jul 1996

Categorical Liability For Manifestly Unreasonable Designs: Why The Comment D Caveat Should Be Removed From The Restatement (Third), Michael J. Toke

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Turning From Tort To Administration, Richard A. Nagareda Feb 1996

Turning From Tort To Administration, Richard A. Nagareda

Michigan Law Review

My objective here is to challenge the notion that the recent mass tort settlements - for all their novel qualities in the mass tort area - are truly sui generis in the law. Rather, I contend that the rise of such settlements in tort mirrors the development of public administrative agencies earlier in this century - that, in both instances, powerful new institutions emerged outside preexisting channels of control to wield significant power over human lives and resources. I argue that courts usefully may draw upon familiar doctrines of judicial review in administrative law to form a conceptual framework for …


The Spanish Products Liability Act Of 1994, Michael Ansaldi Jan 1996

The Spanish Products Liability Act Of 1994, Michael Ansaldi

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The Spanish Constitution of 1978,' a milestone in Spain's transition from the Franco era to the ranks of Western European democracies, has been described, in at least one respect, as "absolutely innovative on the panorama of European constitutions” It is "the first constitution worldwide to raise consumer protection to the status of a principle of general law."


Hamilton V. Accutek: Potential Collective Liability Of The Handgun Industry For Negligent Marketing, Tyrone Hughes Jan 1996

Hamilton V. Accutek: Potential Collective Liability Of The Handgun Industry For Negligent Marketing, Tyrone Hughes

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


"Other Accident" Evidence In Product Liability Actions: Highly Probative Or An Accident Waiting To Happen?, Robert A. Sachs Jan 1996

"Other Accident" Evidence In Product Liability Actions: Highly Probative Or An Accident Waiting To Happen?, Robert A. Sachs

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Supreme Court And Our Culture Of Irresponsibility, Mary J. Davis Jan 1996

The Supreme Court And Our Culture Of Irresponsibility, Mary J. Davis

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

This article chronicles the Supreme Court's expansion of the “culture of irresponsibility,” where institutional defendants are freed from tort liability with no check on the abuse of such immunity. Professor Davis describes the Court's progression toward immunity in products liability decisions of the past decade including East River Steamship, Boyle, Cipollone, and Lohr. Noting the effect of the Court's decisions in promoting institutional irresponsibility, Professor Davis encourages the Court to use its “cultural influence” and reconsider its broad extension of immunity which has spread to situations and institutional defendants the Court never imagined.


Products Liability: Terrorist Bombs And Strict Liability--A Volatile Formula For Fertilizer Makers?, Walter D. Miller Jan 1996

Products Liability: Terrorist Bombs And Strict Liability--A Volatile Formula For Fertilizer Makers?, Walter D. Miller

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.