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Endowment-sponsored symposium explores products liability research.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-JAN-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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In a lively discussion of new research on products liability issues, participants in a recent Washington, D.C., symposium agreed that product-related injuries impose significant costs on society and that foreign manufacturers must be held accountable when they place dangerous products in the U.S. market.

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The November symposium, "Dangerous Products: From Lead Toys to Tainted Drugs," was cosponsored by the AAJ Robert L. Habush Endowment and the Washington College of Law at American University. Two new research papers provided focal points for the discussion.

Cost and accountability

The first paper, The Social Costs of Dangerous Products: An...

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