This content is not included in
your SAE MOBILUS subscription, or you are not logged in.
Risk and the Legal System
Annotation ability available
Sector:
Language:
English
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the way the legal system approaches problems of risks created by consumer products. It reviews the concepts applied by both the civil liability and the regulatory systems, and conveys some sense of how the law reached its present state. Its conclusion is that neither system has developed any coherent approach to determining acceptable levels of risk.
Authors
Citation
DeLong, J., "Risk and the Legal System," SAE Technical Paper 840871, 1984, https://doi.org/10.4271/840871.Also In
References
- Dreisonstok v. Volkswagenwerk, A. G. , 489 F.2d 1066 1974
- e.g. Dorsey v. Honda Motor Co. , 655 F.2d 650 (5th Cir.), modified, 670 F.2d 21 1981
- “The Constitutional Case for Reforming Punitive Damages Procedures,” 69 Va. L. Rev. 269 1983
- Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Co. , 119 Cal. App. 3d 757, 174 Cal. Rptr. 348 1981
- Huelke D. O'Day J. “Passive Restraints: A Scientist' s View,” Blomquist G. Peltzman S. “Passive Restraints: An Economist' s View,” Nash C. “Passive Restraints: A Regulator' s View,” Crandall R. Lave L. The Scientific Basis of Health and Safety Regulation 1981
- Schwartz T. Adler R. Product Recalls: A Remedy in Need of Repair (Report to the Administrative Conference of the United States 1983
- These are summarized in Schwartz & Adler, supra 68