Comment k was intended to be a narrow exception to strict liability and only applied in cases where an otherwise useful product is "incapable of being made safe." On May 27, the Legal Intelligencer ...

A federal judge in Massachusetts has granted summary judgment to defendant Schepens Eye Research Institute on the sole remaining claim of strict products liability due to a design defect in a surgical ...

From the majority opinion in State v. Blake, by Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud: Washington's strict liability drug possession statute, makes possession of a controlled substance a felony punishable by ...

Last week we discussed what it takes to prove liability for an injury arising out of the conduct of emergency personnel providing medical services. Holiday shopping involves buying products. Today let ...

Conservative advocacy group Right on Crime urged lawmakers to reform the “criminal mental state” requirement in federal criminal codes in a report published on Thursday. The report also criticized the ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

You hear lawyers use the term “strict liability” when discussing certain types of injury to others or damage to property. It may never affect your life, but we all know that sometimes bad things ...