Product Liability and Innovation: Managing Risk in an Uncertain Environment

摘要

Product Liability and Innovation provides an overview and an engineeringperspective 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 importnat to policymakers, industrialists, attorneys, product engineers, and individuals concerned about the impact of product liabilty on the industrial future.