Title :
Minimizing legal liability for unsafe products
Author_Institution :
Administrative Office, United States Courts, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Directed at the legal, engineering, and management aspects of product safety. A historical development of the law of products liability is traced through statutory and case law. In addition, the importance of governmental agencies in regulating product safety is explained. A pragmatic systems approach for enhancing product safety is offered as an aid to the manufacturing engineer.
Keywords :
manufacture; safety; legal liability; product safety; unsafe products; Law; Product liability; Product safety; Standards; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEM.1975.6447230
