A history of civil litigation: political and economic perspectives
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII INTRODUCTION XV
CHAPTER! THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITY 1466-1976 1
A. THE PERIOD 1400-1850 1
B. THE PERIOD 1850-1916 3
CHAPTER 2 THE DISSATISFACTION WITH NEGLIGENCE: POLICIES SUPPORTING
STRICT LIABILITY 1916-1980 13
A. ABNORMALLY DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES 15
B. RES IPSA LOQUITUR 16
C. THE LAW S DISSATISFACTION IN REGARD TO THE THEORY FOR RESOLVING
PRODUCTS CASES 17 1. DISSATISFACTION WITH COMMERCIAL LAW 17 2.
NEGLIGENCE LEADS TO UNJUST RESULTS 19 3. SPECIFIC POLICY REASONS FOR
STRICT LIABILITY 20
A. LOSS SHIFTING 20 B. SAFETY 21 C. SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE 21 D. INSURANCE
22 E. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF STRICT LIABILITY 22
F. DISTANCE FROM THE MANUFACTURER 24 G. STRICT LIABILITY AVOIDS
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE 25
CHAPTER 3 THE CORE ISSUE IN STRICT LIABILITY: AN APPROPRIATE TEST FOR
DEFECT 27
A. THE EMERGENCE OF STRICT LIABILITY 27
B. THE SEVERAL TESTS FOR DEFECT 30 1. SECTION 402A: DEFECTIVE CONDITION
UNREASONABLY DANGEROUS 30 2. THE RISK-BENEFIT TEST 32
3. THE BARKER V. LULL TESTS 33 4. NEGLIGENCE WITH IMPUTED KNOWLEDGE 34
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VLLL CONTENTS
5. THE COMMUNICATIVE TORT 35
6. THE CHEAPEST COST AVOIDER 36 7. ABSOLUTE LIABILITY 37
C. COMPARATIVE FAULT 38
D. THE ROLE OF THE COURT AND THE JURY UNDER STRICT LIABILITY 41 1. THE
COURT 41 2. THE FURY 43
3. CASES APPLYING THE RESTATEMENT (SECOND) § 402A 44
E. AN EMBRACE OF NEGLIGENCE 45
CONCLUSION 46
CHAPTER 4 LEGAL REFORM EMANATES FROM THE CORPORATE BOARDROOM, 1 980-PRES
E NT 49
A. CONSTRICTIONS IN LEGAL THEORY 49
B. PROCEDURAL RETRENCHMENTS: THE PRESENTATION OF THE PRODUCTS CASE IN
THE COURTROOM 57
C. OTHER LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO IMPEDE THE VICTIM S ACCESS TO THE
COURTS 67 1. STATE LEGISLATIVE REFORMS OF PRODUCTS LIABILITY LAW 67 A.
THE IMPETUS FOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGE 67
B. A RADICAL CHANGE: THE STATUTE OF REPOSE 69 C. FURTHER ALTERATIONS TO
THE PRODUCTS LIABILITY SYSTEM 74 I. COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL
STANDARDS 74 II. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART DEFENSE 75
III. MISUSE 76 IV. OTHER ALTERATIONS THAT FURTHER PROTECT THE POWERFUL
77 2. COMPARISON OF FUNDAMENTAL TORT POLICIES WITH STATE
LEGISLATIVE REFORMS 81 A. LOSS SHIFTING 81 B. PREVENTION 83
C. JUDGE LEARNED HAND S THEORY 85 D. PRECEDENT 85 E. JUSTICE AND
ADMINISTRATION 87
D. POWERFUL INSTITUTES AND ASSOCIATIONS REWRITE THE LAW 88 1. THE
AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE (ALI) 88 A. THE TRIPARTITE STRUCTURE OF SECTION
2: MAGIC BOXES 90
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CONTENTS IX
I. THE STRUCTURE OF SECTION 2 90
II. SECTION 2: THE PRACTICE 92 III. THE DRAFT LACKS AN ANALYSIS OF THE
TRADITIONAL POLICIES UNDERLYING STRICT LIABILITY 93 IV. SECTION 6(C)
DESIGN DEFECTS IN DRUGS: A TABULA
RASA 94 V. THE RESTATEMENT (THIRD) OF TORTS: PRODUCTS LIABILITY SECTION
2(B) DOES NOT REFLECT THE LAW 97 B. THE RESTATEMENT (THIRD) SECTION 2(B)
DESIGN DEFECT
SHOULD BE REJECTED 99 I. UNDER THE RESTATEMENT (THIRD), FEWER SUITS WILL
BE BROUGHT 101 II. INSTITUTIONALIZING NEEDLESS AMBIGUITY 102 C. AN
EXAMINATION OF THE CASES THAT HAVE CONSIDERED
REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN SINCE PROMULGATION OF THE RESTATEMENT
(THIRD) SECTION 2(B) 103 I. STATES REJECTING THE RESTATEMENT (THIRD) S
REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN REQUIREMENT 103
(A) CALIFORNIA 103 (B) MISSOURI 104 (C) MARYLAND 105 (D) PENNSYLVANIA
105 II. STATES HOLDING REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN AS ONE
OF SEVERAL FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN DETERMINING WHETHER A PRODUCT DESIGN
IS DEFECTIVE 106 (A) COLORADO 106 (B) NEW YORK 106
(C) OREGON 107 III. STATES FAVORABLY MENTIONING THE REASONABLE
ALTERNATIVE DESIGN REQUIREMENT 108
(A) GEORGIA 108 (B) NEW JERSEY 108 (C) MICHIGAN 110 IV. STATES
INCORPORATING THE RESTATEMENT S REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN
REQUIREMENT INTO THEIR STATUTES 110 (A) LOUISIANA 110 (B) TEXAS 111 (C)
MISSISSIPPI 113 D. YOU WON, NOW LET US REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF YOUR
RECOVER) : APPORTIONMENT 114
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X CONTENTS
I. HISTORY OF JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY 114
II. ANALYSIS OF THE ALI S PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE JOINT AND SEVERAL
LIABILITY 118 III. ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE RESTATEMENT
(THIRD): APPORTIONMENT ON THE PENNSYLVANIA LAW OF
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY 121 (A) TRACK A 122 (B) TRACK B: SEVERAL
LIABILITY 123 2. THE COUNCIL FOR TOBACCO RESEARCH 129
3. THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE 131
APPENDIX A 134
CHAPTERS CORPORATIONS WRITE THE LAW 137
A. TOBACCO LITIGATION 140
1. THE 1960S AND THE GREEN V. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. CASE 142 2. THE
CIPOLLONE V. LIGGETT GROUP, INC. CASE 143 3. THE CASTANO V. AMERICAN
TOBACCO CO. CASE 144 4. WHY THE EARLY CIGARETTE TRIALS WERE LOST 146
5. THE THEORY AND THE VISIONARIES THAT WON THE WAR 147 6. THE TOBACCO
SETTLEMENT 152 A. COMPONENTS OF THE SETTLEMENT 152 B. POST-SETTLEMENT
153 7. A SOLUTION TO THE POWER TOBACCO EXERCISES OVER THE LEGAL
SYSTEM 154 A. THE HISTORY, POLICY, AND ECONOMICS OF ABSOLUTE LIABILITY
AS APPLIED TO CIGARETTE MANUFACTURERS 156 I. A HISTORICAL VIEW OF
ABSOLUTE LIABILITY 156
II. THE REASONS FOR APPLYING ABSOLUTE LIABILITY TO TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS
158 (A) REALLOCATING THE LOSS 159 (B) HEALTH PROTECTION 160
(C) SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE 161 (D) THE CHEAPEST COST AVOIDER 161 (E)
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 162 (F) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 164 III. ABSOLUTE
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES FROM SMOKING 168 IV. THE POLICIES SUPPORTING A
MODIFICATION TO
CAUSE-IN-FACT 171 V. THE CAUSE-IN-FACT PROPOSAL 176
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CONTENTS XI
B. GUN POLICY 179
1. SUITS AGAINST THE GUN MANUFACTURERS HAVE FOUNDERED IN THE STATE
COURTS 180 2. THE UNITED STATES IS FACING A GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC 184 3.
AN ANALYSIS OF GUN CONTROL AND LIABILITY 188
A. SELF-PROTECTION 188 B. ENFORCE EXISTING GUN LAWS 190 C. PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY 193 D. ECONOMIC IMPACT 194 4. IMMUNITY LEGISLATION FOR
FIREARMS SELLERS 195
C. THE SUV ROLLOVER INDEX 197
CHAPTER 6 THE APPLICATION OF CONCEPTS TO CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES 205
A. LOBBIES ARE EFFECTIVE 205
B. GOVERNMENT REWARDS THE POWERFUL: CORPORATE BAILOUTS 208
C. EXAMPLES OF WEAK REGULATIONS AND AGENCY POLICY FAVORING THE REGULATED
INDUSTRY: PHARMACEUTICALS, AIRCRAFT, AND SECURITIES 210 1.
PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATION 210 2. AIRCRAFT REGULATION 212 3. THE
SEC-MADOFF EXAMPLE 213
D. PERSUASIVE ORGANIZATIONS 215
E. CORPORATIONS DICTATE MORALITY 217
F. PROXIMATE CAUSE V. TORT REFORM 218
G. THE SUPREME COURT 219
H. CONGRESS, AGENCY FAILURE, LOBBYING, AND CRASHES: THE TOYOTA EXAMPLE
221
CONCLUSION 223
TABLE OF CASES 225
INDEX 235
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