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Products Liability: A Legal Overview (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised March 3, 2006
Report Number IB97056
Authors Henry Cohen, American Law Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Products liability refers to the liability ofa manufacturer or seller for injury caused byhis product to the person or property of abuyer or third party. Legal developmentsstarting in the 1960s, particularly the adoptionof strict tort liability, have made it substantiallyeasier for persons injured by defectiveproducts to recover damages. Starting in the1980s, however, many states enacted tortreform legislation that limited the rights ofinjured parties. Advocates for consumers andplaintiffs view strong products liability law asnecessary to ensure adequate compensationfor injured workers and consumers and tofurnish an incentive for the manufacture ofsafe products. Manufacturers and their insurers,by contrast, contend that many productsliability judgments are unwarranted or excessiveand that national uniformity in productsliability law is needed. Therefore, they favorreplacing the 50 state products liability lawswith one federal law.
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