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Prescription For Fairness: New Approach To Tort Liability Of Brand-Name And Generic Drug Manufacturers, Allen K. Rostron
Prescription For Fairness: New Approach To Tort Liability Of Brand-Name And Generic Drug Manufacturers, Allen K. Rostron
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Over the past two decades, courts have consistently ruled that the manufacturer of a brand-name prescription drug cannot be liable for injuries suffered by those taking generic imitations of its product. This meant that a patient injured by a generic drug could have no remedy at all because in many instances the generic drug manufacturer would escape liability on the ground that it did not produce any information on which the patient’s doctor relied. It was a perplexing dilemma. The generic drug manufacturer made the product that the plaintiff received, the brand-name manufacturer produced all of the information the patient’s …
Blurring The Boundary Lines Between Amateur And Professional Sports, Kenneth D. Ferguson
Blurring The Boundary Lines Between Amateur And Professional Sports, Kenneth D. Ferguson
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The NCAA expends substantial resources to insure that the distinction between amateur and professional sports is maintained in collegiate athletics. Preserving the boundary lines between amateur and professional sports is more than an attempt to ensure philosophical purity or a nostalgic quest for historic preservation. The boundaries between amateur and professional sports are maintained by legal doctrines in several areas.
Application of tort law to coaches' liability for conduct leading to injuries to athletes reflects and preserves the boundary lines between professional and amateur sports. Although the implied assumption of risk doctrine should preserve that distinction, some courts have applied …