Product Liability and Innovation:

Managing Risk in an Uncertain Environment

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Publication Year:1994

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Janet R. Hunziker and Trevor O. Jones, Editors; Steering Committee on Product Liability and Innovation; National Academy of Engineering
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Product liability is a contentious issue. Proponents argue that American tort law promotes product safety. Manufacturers contend that lawsuits chill new product development.
Product Liability and Innovation provides an overview and an engineering perspective on the product liability system. The volume ...
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Table of Contents
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Front Matter	i-viii
Overview and Perpectives	1-20	(skim)
THE DYNAMICS OF INNOVATION AND PRODUCT LIABILITY	21-22	(skim)
Technology Issues and Product Liability	23-29	(skim)
Making Product Liability Work for You: A Path Out of the Product Liability Jungle	30-36	(skim)
The Role of the Justice System in the Product Liability Debate	37-44	(skim)
IMPACT ON ENGINEERING PRACTICE, INNOVATION, AND CORPORATE STRATEGIES	45-46	(skim)
The Chemical Industry: Risk Management in Today's Product Liability Environment	47-53	(skim)
Medical Devices, Component Materials, and Product Liability	54-61	(skim)
General Aviation Engineering in a Product Liability Environment	62-67	(skim)
Indirect Effects of Product Liability on Automotive Engineering Practice	68-76	(skim)
The Effects of Product Liability on Automotive Engineering Practice	77-81	(skim)
Approaches to Product Liability Risk in the U.S. Automotive Industry	82-112	(skim)
Innovation, Engineering Practice, and Product Liability in Commercial Aviation	113-119	(skim)
Regulation, Litigation, and Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Equation for Safety	120-128	(skim)
THE SOCIAL, LEGAL, AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT	129-130	(skim)
Insurance: The Liability Messenger	131-137	(skim)
Junk Science in the Courtroom: The Impact on Innovation	138-150	(skim)
Product Safety Regulation and the Law of Torts	151-158	(skim)
The Inconvienient Public: Behavioral Research Approaches to Reducing Product Liability Risks	159-189	(skim)
Contributors	190-196	(skim)
Index	197-205	(skim)

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Product liability is a contentious issue. Proponents argue that American tort law promotes product safety. Manufacturers contend that lawsuits chill new product development.
Product Liability and Innovation provides an overview and an engineering perspective on the product liability system. The volume offers studies of selected industries, exploring the effect of product liability on corporate product development decisions and on the creative opportunities and day-to-day work of engineers.
The volume addresses the potential liability of the parts or materials supplier and discusses the impact of liability on the availability of insurance. It looks at "junk science" in the courtroom and analyzes opportunities to incorporate into product design what we know about human behavior and risk. The book also looks at current efforts at tort reform and compares U.S. injury claims handling with that of other countries.
This volume will be important to policymakers, industrialists, attorneys, product engineers, and individuals concerned about the impact of product liability on the industrial future.

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