Torts: Products Liability

Restatement of the Law Third,

This work comprehensively covers the complex field of products liability and addresses the liability of commercial product sellers and distributors for harm caused by their products. It supersedes § 402A of the Restatement Second, Torts and responds to issues that became serious points of contention in the courts but were not part of the products liability landscape when the earlier provision was adopted in 1964. It articulates clear answers regarding whether a product is defective by formulating three distinct categories of product defect and the legal standards appropriate to each: manufacturing defects; design defects; and inadequate instructions or warnings defects. The work also develops special rules for component parts, prescription drugs and medical devices, food, and used products.

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382 pages, 1998, #6081
This Restatement covers the liability of commercial product sellers; the liability of successors and manufacturers; and provisions of general applicability.
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Summary of Contents

Foreword
Reporters’ Preface
Introduction

Chapter
1. Liability of Commercial Product Sellers Based on Product Defects at Time of Sale
     Topic 1.Liability Rules Applicable to Products Generally
      Topic 2. Liability Rules Applicable to Special Products or Product Markets
2. Liability of Commercial Product Sellers Not Based on Product Defects at Time of Sale
3. Liability Successors and Apparent Manufacturers
4. Provisions of General Applicability
      Topic 1. Causation
      Topic 2. Affirmative Defenses
      Topic 3. Definitions

Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Table of Cross References to Digest System Key Numbers and ALR Annotations
Index

ISBN: 978-0-314-23194-3

In the Institute’s Restatement tradition, this authoritative volume combines clear black-letter provisions with extensive explanatory Comments, clarifying Illustrations, and detailed Reporter’s Notes.

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