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Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine Marion Nestle Marion Nestle, acclaimed author of Food Politics, now tells the gripping story of how, in early 2007, a few telephone calls about sick cats set off the largest recall of consumer products in U.S. history and an international crisis over the safety of imported goods ranging from food to toothpaste, tires, and toys. Nestle follows the trail of tainted pet food ingredients back to their source in China and along the supply chain to their introduction into feed for pigs, chickens, and fish in the United States, Canada, and other countries throughout the world. What begins as a problem "merely" for cats and dogs soon becomes an issue of tremendous concern to everyone. Nestle uncovers unexpected connections among the food supplies for pets, farm animals, and people and identifies glaring gaps in the global oversight of food safety. |
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Reckless Disregard: Corporate Greed, Government Indifference, and the Kentucky School Bus Crash James S. Kunen The story of corporate negligence and drunk driving that led to deaths for twenty-seven children and adults in a Kentucky school bus reveals the family who refused to settle their lawsuit and helped change standards to protect all children. 25,000 first printing. |
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Products Liability : In a Nutshell (Nutshell Series (5th Edition)(Nutshell Series) Jerry J. Phillips Fast, reliable source on products liability. This authoritative summary shows how a rule is applied and its rationale; addresses procedure and strategy questions; and discusses common-sense issues. In addition, this text covers the definition and scope of products liability; causes of action; damages; remedies; jurisdiction; production and design defects; inadequate warnings and instructions; misrepresentation; and problems of proof. |
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Toxic Torts in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series) Jean MacChiaroli Eggen Toxic Tort Law blends private and public law resulting in its own set of unique problems and challenges. Because this area is gaining prominence, it’s developing its own jurisprudence. Introduces the study of toxic torts and identifies the theories of liabilities, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). Covers special defendants, defenses, causation, injuries, and damages. Text also addresses mass toxic torts and delves into the case of environmental tobacco smoke. |
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Fundamentals of Product Liability Law for Engineers Linda K Enghagen J.D Offers insight into the theories of law that are used and explains the process involved in proving a law suit in a court of law. Fundamentals of Product Liability Written for the engineer so that it does not require any background in law nor any proficiency in legalese. Includes edited versions of actual court decisions that will enable readers to develop an appreciation for the manner in which judges analyze cases and therefore render decisions. |
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Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case Marcia Angell "An accessible, passionate indictment of the ignorance, opportunism and social indifference that enriched lawyers and a few plaintiffs, though the available scientific evidence was against them." —New York Times Book Review, Notable Books of 1996 In the early 1990s, sympathetic juries awarded huge damages to women claiming injury from silicone breast implants, leading to a $4.25 billion class-action settlement that still wasn’t large enough to cover all the claims. Shockingly, rigorous scientific studies of breast implants have now shown that there is no significant link between breast implants and disease. Why were the courts and the public so certain that breast implants were dangerous when medical researchers were not? The answer to this question reveals important differences in the way science, the law, and the public regard evidence—and not just in the breast implant controversy. |
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Assuming the Risk : The Mavericks, the Lawyers, and the Whistle-Blowers Who Beat Big Tobacco Michael Orey A washed-up actor-turned-paralegal steals a cache of internal tobacco company documents. An unreconstructed Southerner, who once burned a cross in a neighbor's yard, takes a poor black man's case against a cigarette maker to court, prays at his bedside, and weeps at his grave. A navy pilot who was nearly ordered to drop nuclear weapons on Prague returns to become a millionaire asbestos attorney. A rock-and-roll-singing, twenty-seven-year-old district attorney brings down one of the most powerful political figures in Mississippi and goes on to become the state's attorney general. |
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Bendectin and Birth Defects: The Challenges of Mass Toxic Substances Litigation Michael D. Green Benedictin was prescribed to more than thirty-five million American women from its introduction in 1956 until 1983, when it was withdrawn from the market. The drug's manufacturer, Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, a major U.S. pharmaceutical firm, joined a list of other companies whose product liabilities would result in precedent-setting litigation. Before it was over, the Benedictin litigation would involve 2,000 claimants over a fifteen-year period. Michael D. Green offers a comprehensive overview of the Benedictin case and highlights many of the key issues in mass toxic substances litigation, comparing individual and collective forms of litigation, and illustrating the misunderstandings between scientists and lawyers about the role of science in providing evidence for the legal system. |
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Products Liability and Safety: Cases and Materials (University Casebook Series) David G. Owen, John E. Montgomery, W. Page Keeton, Page Keeton Owen, Montgomery, and Keeton’s casebook provides detailed information on the subject of products liability and safety, and the tools for fast, easy, on-point research. Part of the University Casebook Series®, it includes selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases. |
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Products Liability: Cases and Materials (American Casebook Series) David A. Fischer, William Powers The material addresses the application of negligence, misrepresentation, and warranty law to products cases. Also addresses various aspects of strict tort liability. Specific topics are broken out to help teachers easily choose among topics. Deals with causation, scope of liability, punitive damages, contribution and indemnity, defenses, and parties and transactions governed by strict liability—covers issues that are relevant to all pertinent theories of recovery. |