Chapter 20 Products Liability

LibraryTorts (OSBar) (2012 Ed.)
Chapter 20 PRODUCTS LIABILITY

DOMINICK VETRI, B.S.M.E., New Jersey Institute of Technology (1960); J.D., University of Pennsylvania (1964); member of the Oregon State Bar since 1977; professor of law, University of Oregon, Eugene.

SCOTT C. LUCAS, B.A., University of California, San Diego (1988); J.D., University of Oregon School of Law (1996); member of the Oregon State Bar since 1997; partner, Johnson Clifton Larson & Schaller, Eugene.

The authors wish to acknowledge the excellent research assistance of Charley Gee.

§20.1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................20-6

§20.2 PRODUCTS LIABILITY: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW............................................................................ 20-8

§20.2-1 Before Codification of §402A....................................20-9

§20.2-2 After Codification of §402A.....................................20-13

§20.3 PARTIES...............................................................................20-15

§20.3-1 Who Are Proper Plaintiffs?—Persons Entitled to Recover................................................................. 20-15

§20.3-1(a) Strict Tort Products Liability........................20-15

§20.3-1(b) Negligence....................................................20-16

§20.3-1(c) Breach of Warranty.......................................20-17

§20.3-2 Who Are Proper Defendants?—Persons Liable.......20-18

§20.3-2(a) Strict Tort Products Liability........................20-18

§20.3-2(a)(1) Sellers and Lessors..........................20-18

§20.3-2(a)(2) Service Providers............................20-20

§20.3-2(a)(3) Medical Service Providers..............20-21

§20.3-2(a)(4) Component-Part Manufacturers......20-21

§20.3-2(a)(5) Used-Goods Sellers.........................20-23

§20.3-2(a)(6) Successor Liability..........................20-24

§20.3-2(b) Negligence....................................................20-26

§20.3-2(c) Breach of Warranty.......................................20-27

§20.4 THEORIES OF LIABILITY: PLEADING AND PROVING A CLAIM FOR RELIEF.....................................20-28

§20.4-1 The Strict Tort Liability Claim.................................20-28

§20.4-1(a) Unreasonably Dangerous Condition.............20-29

§20.4-1(a)(1) Manufacturing Defects....................20-30

§20.4-1(a)(2) Design Defects................................20-33

§20.4-1(a)(3) Warning Defects..............................20-41

§20.4-1(a)(4) Indeterminate...

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