Product Liability
This is FindLaw’s collection of Product Liability articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Product liability laws are based on the the premise that companies generally have a duty to protect consumers from potential hazards. Courts have held that manufacturers generally have more insight and knowledge about their products, so it falls to them to assume financial responsibility for any injuries or damage they cause. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
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Product Liability Articles
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Products Liability Update: Legislative Update: A Return to Modest Proposals
Following the defeat of attempts at sweeping reforms earlier this year (such as the death in the Senate of the Product Liability Reform Act of 1997), the second half of 1998 saw a retreat to more modest reform proposals directed at particular issues ...
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Proposed FDA Regulation Should Be Opposed
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed a regulation that would virtually eliminate any argument that the Medical Device Amendments Act of 1976 (MDA) preempts state common law causes of action for product liability. The new rule would not ...
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Questions and Answers on Beef Products Contaminated With E. coli O157:H7
FSIS Draft: February 26, 1999Questions and Answers on Beef Products Contaminated With E. coli O157:H7DRAFT Submit one original and two copies of written comments to FSIS Docket Clerk, Docket No. 97-068N, USDA, FSIS, Room 102, Cotton Annex Building ...
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Racing Towards Year 2000: Are You Ready?
The excitement of a new century may be tempered by what is known as the "Year 2000" problem. This problem has arisen because computer programs have generally used 2-digit rather than 4-digit fields to express year dates (e.g., "98" rather that ...
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Strict Products Liability and Property Damage Claims
Although Strict Products Liability is most often associated with personal injury claims, it can also be asserted in property damages claims as well. The Texas Supreme Court has held that strict products liability does not apply when the plaintiff ...
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Texas Concealed Handgun Law
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! More and more people seem to be carrying guns today, especially criminals. Now Texas has passed a law that allows even law-abiding citizens to carry guns. The new Texas statute allows residents of the state to obtain ...
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Texas Enacts Contraceptive Equity Law
The Texas Legislature has enacted a new law that requires coverage under a health benefit plan for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices and related services. The new law took effect on September 1, 2001. Since 1978, health insurance plans in ...
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The New Boston Smoking Ban: What Employers and Landlords Need to Know About the City’s Workplace Smoking Restriction
Under the recently adopted Boston Public Health Commission "Clean Air Works Workplace Smoking Restrictions" Regulation, most workplaces and commercial buildings in the City of Boston are required to be "smoke free" working environments beginning May ...
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The Texas Supreme Court Levels Consumer Playing Field
Twenty-nine years ago, Texas adopted the theory of strict products liability. Six years later, the Texas legislature adopted the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices - Consumer Protection Act, §l;§l;17.41-17.63 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code ...
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Top 10 Hazardous Household Chemicals
Most air fresheners interfere with your ability to smell by coating your nasal passages with an oil film, or by releasing a nerve deadening agent. Known toxic chemicals found in an air freshener: Formaldehyde: Highly toxic, known carcinogen ...
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