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2012

Torts

Products Liability

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An Ind. Run Around The U.C.C.: The Use (Or Abuse?) Of Indemnity, Paul J. Wilkinson Nov 2012

An Ind. Run Around The U.C.C.: The Use (Or Abuse?) Of Indemnity, Paul J. Wilkinson

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Warranty Claims Instituted By Non-Privity Plaintiffs In Jurisdictions That Have Adopted Uniform Commercial Code Section 2-318 (Alternative A), William L. Stallworth Nov 2012

An Analysis Of Warranty Claims Instituted By Non-Privity Plaintiffs In Jurisdictions That Have Adopted Uniform Commercial Code Section 2-318 (Alternative A), William L. Stallworth

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Lead Paint Public Entity Lawsuits: Has The Broad Stroke Of Tobacco And Firearms Litigation Painted A Troubling Picture For Lead Paint Manufacturers?, Amber E. Dean Oct 2012

Lead Paint Public Entity Lawsuits: Has The Broad Stroke Of Tobacco And Firearms Litigation Painted A Troubling Picture For Lead Paint Manufacturers?, Amber E. Dean

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Lies, Damned Lies, And Addictions: The Strange Case Of The Disappearing Person And The Bogey Of Determinism, David L. Wallace Feb 2012

Lies, Damned Lies, And Addictions: The Strange Case Of The Disappearing Person And The Bogey Of Determinism, David L. Wallace

David L Wallace

No abstract provided.


An Essay On Torts: States Of Argument, Marshall S. Shapo Jan 2012

An Essay On Torts: States Of Argument, Marshall S. Shapo

Pepperdine Law Review

This essay summarizes high points in torts scholarship and case law over a period of two generations, highlighting the “states of argument” that have characterized tort law over that period. It intertwines doctrine and policy. Its doctrinal features include the traditional spectrum of tort liability, the duty question, problems of proof, and the relative incoherency of damages rules. Noting the cross-doctrinal role of tort as a solver of functional problems, it focuses on major issues in products liability and medical malpractice. The essay discusses such elements of policy as the role of power in tort law, the tension between communitarianism …


Exporting United States Tort Law: The Importance Of Authenticity, Necessity, And Learning From Our Mistakes, Victor E. Schwartz, Christopher E. Appel Jan 2012

Exporting United States Tort Law: The Importance Of Authenticity, Necessity, And Learning From Our Mistakes, Victor E. Schwartz, Christopher E. Appel

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Harms From Exposure To Toxic Substances: The Limits Of Liability Law, Robert L. Rabin Jan 2012

Harms From Exposure To Toxic Substances: The Limits Of Liability Law, Robert L. Rabin

Pepperdine Law Review

n the early 1980s, there was great optimism about the prospects for a dawning era of toxic harms litigation, arising out of a heightened sensitivity to public health and safety concerns. This new sensitivity had been manifested in the preceding decade through a whirlwind of political activity, highlighted by such landmark Congressional legislation as the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and by the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency. Along parallel lines, a singularly proactive judicial framework for strict products liability emerged in the mid-1960s from a series of …


The Impact Of U.S. Tort Law In Canada, Lewis N. Klar Jan 2012

The Impact Of U.S. Tort Law In Canada, Lewis N. Klar

Pepperdine Law Review

This paper briefly summarizes some of the reasons offered by Professor Peter Cane for the minimal impact that U.S. tort law has had on the tort law of Australia and New Zealand. It discusses this matter from the perspective of Canadian tort law. It suggests that, for a variety of reasons, Canada is in a unique position; it shares some of the same characteristics of the Commonwealth countries which discourage the adoption of U.S. tort law, but at the same time is exposed to countervailing factors which tend to bring Canadian and U.S. tort laws closer together. It illustrates this …


The Impact Of The Civil Jury On American Tort Law, Michael D. Green Jan 2012

The Impact Of The Civil Jury On American Tort Law, Michael D. Green

Pepperdine Law Review

This article, a contribution to a symposium on the what American tort law can contribute to the rest of the world expresses skepticism that a considerable swath of U.S. tort law would be of interest to the rest of the world. The thesis is that American tort law has been shaped by the existence of the civil jury, unique to the U.S, and areas of domestic tort law so influenced have no utility internationally. The article catalogues many such areas and discusses several of them.