Product Liability And Legal Reform

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Excerpt from Product Liability and Legal Reform: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session on H. R. 10, to Reform the Federal Civil Justice System; To Reform Product Liability Law, February 13, 1995; Serial No. 4 (c) any product seller not described in subparagraph (b) which holds itself out as a manufacturer to the user of the product. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Drawing on liability insurance trends and litigation patterns, Viscusi shows that the products liability crisis is has been developing for decades. He argues that the principal causes have been the expansion of the doctrine of design defect, the emergence of mass toxic torts, and an increase in lawsuits involving hazard warnings.