Title :
Product liability and the plant engineer: an introduction
Author :
English, Lawrence K.
Author_Institution :
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
The influence of jury verdicts in product liability lawsuits on both manufacturers and suppliers of a wide range of products is growing. Since this influence cannot be ignored, it should be consciously incorporated in as another design input. The major theories of product liability recovery are introduced, along with some suggestions on how to address certain of the concerns raised
Keywords :
manufacture; product liability; decision making criteria; defective manufacture; design input; failure to warn; gross negligence; negligence; plant engineer; product liability; product liability recovery; standards; strict liability; warranty breech; Assembly; Business; Costs; Injuries; Law; Legal factors; Manufacturing processes; Packaging; Product liability;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1994., Conference Record of the 1994 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1993-1
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.1994.377730
