Products liability and basic tort law.
1594601771 Products liability and basic tort law. Kotler, Martin Alan. Carolina Academic Press 2005 620 pages $40.00 Paperback KF1296 Kotler (law, Widener University) lays out products liability law within the context...

Products Liability in a Nutshell, (7th ed).
0314155104 Products liability in a nutshell, 7th ed. Owen, David G. and Jerry J. Phillips. Thomson West 2005 536 pages $26.00 Paperback West nutshell series KF1296 Thoms (law, U....

Successor liability in Illinois: when can creditors and tort victims sue the buyer of a business for the debts and torts of the seller? This article discusses Illinois case law on the doctrine of successor liability.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Successor liability is an exception to the general rule that, when one corporate or other juridical person sells assets to another entity, those assets are transferred free and clear of all but valid liens and security interests. When successor liability is imposed, a creditor or...

The Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability: the ALI's cure for prescription drug design liability.
"It has not been a well-kept secret. Anyone familiar with the law of products liability knows that [the Restatement (Second)] is out of date and requires revision." (1) "We conclude that [the Restatement (Third)] has no basis in the case law ... Accordingly, we do not adopt...

BUSINESS PEOPLE.
COLUMN: BUSINESS PEOPLE Hassett & Donnelly P.C. of Worcester has hired two lawyers. John A. Girouard of Shrewsbury joins the law firm as an associate in civil litigation, business litigation, landlord/tenant issues, insurance claims and real estate litigation. Mr. Girouard was managing agent for Collis & Curran...

Liability for Products in a Global Economy.
9041123857 Liability for products in a global economy. Ed. by Susan Woodley. Kluwer Law International 2005 445 pages $160.00 Hardcover The comparative law yearbook of international business; special issue, 2004 KF1296...

Product liability in comparative perspective.
9780521847230 Product liability in comparative perspective. Ed. by Duncan Fairgrieve. Cambridge U. Pr. 2005 363 pages $95.00 Hardcover KJE1630 This collection of 16 papers, presented by Fairgrieve (director, Tort Law Centre,...

Defining the court's role as faithful agent in statutory interpretation: Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc.
The Supreme Court has long failed to provide guidance to lower courts as they seek to interpret the meaning of ambiguous congressional enactments. Thus it was no surprise that after Congress passed the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990, (1) courts began to split over language in 28 U.S.C. [section]...

White House action on civil justice reform: a menu for the new millennium.
Civil justice reform addresses the fundamentals of both the substantive law and procedural rules of the law of civil wrongs. Law students and lawyers call the law of civil wrongs "tort law;" others may know it as "liability law." For the first 200 years of our nation's history, tort...

Principles of Medical Law, 2d ed.
Grubb, Andrew, ed. Principles of Medical Law, Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. This new edition of the Principles provides a comprehensive analysis of the common law and statutory provisions pertaining to health care provision in England and Wales. Each of the chapters has been...