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Transcript Of Hearing On Products Liability, Joint Committee On Tort Liability Jul 1977

Transcript Of Hearing On Products Liability, Joint Committee On Tort Liability

California Joint Committees

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Misrepresentation - Part I, Fleming James, Oscar S. Gray Jan 1977

Misrepresentation - Part I, Fleming James, Oscar S. Gray

Faculty Scholarship

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The Highly Blameworthy Manufacturer: Implications On Rules Of Liability And Defense In Products Liability Actions, David Owen Jan 1977

The Highly Blameworthy Manufacturer: Implications On Rules Of Liability And Defense In Products Liability Actions, David Owen

Faculty Publications

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Products Liability: Dean Wade And The Constitutionality Of Section 402a, Reed Dickerson Jan 1977

Products Liability: Dean Wade And The Constitutionality Of Section 402a, Reed Dickerson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Kentucky Law Survey: Torts, Richard C. Ausness Jan 1977

Kentucky Law Survey: Torts, Richard C. Ausness

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

This issue of the Survey of Kentucky tort law includes recent decisions on false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and products liability. The first case, Consolidated Sales Co. v. Malone, held that Kentucky's shoplifter detention statute authorized a personal search of suspected shoplifters by store personnel. In the second case, Eigelbach v. Watts, the Kentucky Supreme Court adhered to its longstanding rule that physical impact was essential to an action for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Finally, in the third decision, McMichael v. American Red Cross, the Court, utilizing the Restatement's “unavoidably unsafe” rationale, refused to impose …