The Restatement (Third) of Torts and its effects on products liability law
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The Restatement (Third) of Torts on Products Liability, published in 1998, refines products liability law by imposing strict liability in tort for manufacturing defects. As to design defects, the Third Restatement moves in the other direction, from strict liability to negligence, by allowing plaintiffs to attack a product's overall design as unsafe and defective. Plaintiffs must show that there was a reasonable alternative design which, if used, would have reduced the chance of foreseeable injury.
Publication Name: Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0887-0942
Year: 1999
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Warning: sellers may now have a post-sale duty to warn
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The authors discuss section 10 of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability, which recognises a duty by sellers to warn consumers after sale of a product when there is a substantial risk of harm from the product and other factors apply.
Publication Name: Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0887-0942
Year: 2000
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The nature and impact of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: products liability s. 10; post-sale duty to warn
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The authors discuss the issue of the duty to warn purchasers after sales and focus on the provisions in section 10 of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability.
Publication Name: Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0887-0942
Year: 2000
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