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Products Liability Law

4th Edition
David G. Owen
ISBN: 9781647087142
Subject: Product Liability
Format: Print - Hardbound
Page Count: 1315
Copyright: 2022 | Status: In Stock
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This new edition of Owen’s Products Liability Law refines and updates this classic study of products liability law in action. It examines in depth the nature and history of products liability in America and abroad; theories of liability, product defectiveness, and causation; proof of defect and cause (including toxic substances), with a Daubert emphasis; key defenses, including federal preemption; and a thorough inquiry into many special types of products liability contexts (including cases against sellers of electronic and biologic products), claims against Amazon for “selling” defective third-party products, automotive cases, and pharmaceutical litigation. Throughout, the treatise explores the underlying tensions and debates, explains the impact of the Restatement of the Law of Torts, Third: Products Liability, highlights classic and important recent cases, and reveals how reform statutes alter this ever-shifting field of law.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Hornbooks
Publication Date: 08/02/2022
Related Subject(s): Torts, Torts-Advanced

David G. Owen, University of South Carolina School of Law

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In addition to a thorough chapter review and update:

Chapter 10:

  • New opioid litigation subsection.
  • New contaminated talc litigation subsection.
  • Expanded electronic cigarettes discussion.
  • New 3D printing and “ghost gun” liability discussion.

Chapter 15:
  • New Internet Sales subsection, including expanded discussion of Communications Decency Act § 230.

Chapter 16:
  • New 3D printing subsection.
  • New Electronic Technology section including expanded coverage of website, mobile app, and computer software litigation.
  • New cannabis-infused products subsection.
  • Newly expanded toxic contaminant subsection.

Chapter 17:
  • New autonomous vehicles section.

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