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== Products Liability Generally ==
 
== Products Liability Generally ==
  
Class 01 (Thursday, January 7)
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Class 01
  
Class 02 (Monday, January 11)
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# [[Products liability syllabus]]
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Class 02
 
# Silivanch v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc., 171 F. Supp. 2d 241 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)
 
# Silivanch v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc., 171 F. Supp. 2d 241 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)
  
Class 03 (Tuesday, January 12)
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Class 03
 
# [[Products liability theories]]
 
# [[Products liability theories]]
 
# After you have read this introduction, (a) carefully organize what you have already learned, in your other courses, about these theories and (b) briefly research any concepts that are still unfamiliar
 
# After you have read this introduction, (a) carefully organize what you have already learned, in your other courses, about these theories and (b) briefly research any concepts that are still unfamiliar
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== Development of Strict Products Liability ==
 
== Development of Strict Products Liability ==
 
   
 
   
Class 04 (Thursday, January 14)
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Class 04
 
# Albert L. Clough, The Question of Axles, The Horseless Age (November 6, 1901) [https://books.google.com/books?id=H2FDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA672&lpg=PA672]
 
# Albert L. Clough, The Question of Axles, The Horseless Age (November 6, 1901) [https://books.google.com/books?id=H2FDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA672&lpg=PA672]
 
# MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., 111 N.E. 1050 (N.Y. 1916)
 
# MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., 111 N.E. 1050 (N.Y. 1916)
 
# Gregory Travis, How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer, IEEE Spectrum (April 18, 2019) [https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/how-the-boeing-737-max-disaster-looks-to-a-software-developer]
 
# Gregory Travis, How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer, IEEE Spectrum (April 18, 2019) [https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/how-the-boeing-737-max-disaster-looks-to-a-software-developer]
  
Class 05 (Tuesday, January 19)
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Class 05
 
# Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co., 140 P.2d 107 (Cal. Ct. App. 1943)
 
# Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co., 140 P.2d 107 (Cal. Ct. App. 1943)
 
# Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co., 150 P.2d 436 (Cal. 1944)
 
# Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co., 150 P.2d 436 (Cal. 1944)
 
# Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc., 161 A.2d 69 (N.J. 1960)
 
# Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc., 161 A.2d 69 (N.J. 1960)
 
# Greenman v. Yuba Power Prod., Inc., 377 P.2d 897 (Cal. 1963)
 
# Greenman v. Yuba Power Prod., Inc., 377 P.2d 897 (Cal. 1963)
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# Uniform Commercial Code § 2-316
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# 15 U.S. Code § 2308 (Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act)
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# Uniform Commercial Code § 2-318
  
Class 06 (Thursday, January 21)
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Class 06
 
# Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A (1965) (including the comment)
 
# Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A (1965) (including the comment)
 
# Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402B (1965) (including the comment)
 
# Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402B (1965) (including the comment)
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== Applicability of Strict Products Liability ==
 
== Applicability of Strict Products Liability ==
  
Class 07 (Monday, January 25)
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Class 07
 
# Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc., 930 F.3d 136 (3d Cir. 2019)
 
# Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc., 930 F.3d 136 (3d Cir. 2019)
 
# Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc., 936 F.3d 182 (3d Cir. 2019)
 
# Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc., 936 F.3d 182 (3d Cir. 2019)
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# Amazon.com Conditions of Use (May 21, 2018) [https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GLSBYFE9MGKKQXXM]
 
# Amazon.com Conditions of Use (May 21, 2018) [https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GLSBYFE9MGKKQXXM]
  
Class 08 (Tuesday, January 26)
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Class 08
 
# Recall Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A comment f (1965)
 
# Recall Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A comment f (1965)
 
# Iowa Code Ann. § 613.18
 
# Iowa Code Ann. § 613.18
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# Prepare arguments
 
# Prepare arguments
  
Class 09 (Thursday, January 28)
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Class 09
 
# Torres v. City of Madera, No. CIVFF02-6385AWILJO, 2005 WL 1683736 (E.D. Cal. July 11, 2005)
 
# Torres v. City of Madera, No. CIVFF02-6385AWILJO, 2005 WL 1683736 (E.D. Cal. July 11, 2005)
 
# Torres v. Taser Int'l, Inc., 277 F. App'x 684 (9th Cir. 2008)
 
# Torres v. Taser Int'l, Inc., 277 F. App'x 684 (9th Cir. 2008)
 
# Menkes v. 3M Co., No. CV 17-0573, 2018 WL 2298620 (E.D. Pa. May 21, 2018)
 
# Menkes v. 3M Co., No. CV 17-0573, 2018 WL 2298620 (E.D. Pa. May 21, 2018)
  
Class 10 (Monday, February 1)
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Class 10
 
# Prepare the exercise discussed in class
 
# Prepare the exercise discussed in class
 
# Devin N. Perkins et al., E-Waste: A Global Hazard, Annals of Global Hazard, Annals of Global Health (2014) [https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214999614003208]
 
# Devin N. Perkins et al., E-Waste: A Global Hazard, Annals of Global Hazard, Annals of Global Health (2014) [https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214999614003208]
# European Commission, Ship recycling: Reducing human and environmental impacts (2016) [https://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/ship_recycling_reducing_human_and_environmental_impacts_55si_en.pdf]
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# European Commission, Ship recycling: Reducing human and environmental impacts (2016) [https://web.archive.org/web/20220804155554/https://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/ship_recycling_reducing_human_and_environmental_impacts_55si_en.pdf]
 
# In re Old Carco LLC, 587 B.R. 809 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2018)
 
# In re Old Carco LLC, 587 B.R. 809 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2018)
 
# Timothy B. Lee, The Heartbleed Bug, Explained, Vox (May 14, 2015) [https://www.vox.com/2014/6/19/18076318/heartbleed]
 
# Timothy B. Lee, The Heartbleed Bug, Explained, Vox (May 14, 2015) [https://www.vox.com/2014/6/19/18076318/heartbleed]
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== Defectiveness: Manufacturing ==
 
== Defectiveness: Manufacturing ==
  
Class 11 (Tuesday, February 2)
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Class 11
  
 
# Welge v. Planters Lifesavers Co., 17 F.3d 209 (7th Cir. 1994)
 
# Welge v. Planters Lifesavers Co., 17 F.3d 209 (7th Cir. 1994)
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== Defectiveness: Design ==
 
== Defectiveness: Design ==
  
Class 12 (Monday, February 8)
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Class 12
 
# Calles v. Scripto-Tokai Corp., 864 N.E.2d 249 (Ill. 2007)
 
# Calles v. Scripto-Tokai Corp., 864 N.E.2d 249 (Ill. 2007)
 
# Gen. Motors Corp. v. Farnsworth, 965 P.2d 1209 (Alaska 1998)
 
# Gen. Motors Corp. v. Farnsworth, 965 P.2d 1209 (Alaska 1998)
  
Class 13 (Tuesday, February 9)
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Class 13
 
# Batts v. Tow-Motor Forklift Co., 978 F.2d 1386 (5th Cir. 1992)
 
# Batts v. Tow-Motor Forklift Co., 978 F.2d 1386 (5th Cir. 1992)
 
# Sperry-New Holland, a Div. of Sperry Corp. v. Prestage, 617 So. 2d 248 (Miss. 1993)
 
# Sperry-New Holland, a Div. of Sperry Corp. v. Prestage, 617 So. 2d 248 (Miss. 1993)
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# Smith v. Mack Trucks, Inc., 819 So. 2d 1258 (Miss. 2002)
 
# Smith v. Mack Trucks, Inc., 819 So. 2d 1258 (Miss. 2002)
  
Class 14 (Thursday, February 11)
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Class 14
 
# Barker v. Lull Eng'g Co., 573 P.2d 443 (Cal. 1978)
 
# Barker v. Lull Eng'g Co., 573 P.2d 443 (Cal. 1978)
 
# Soule v. Gen. Motors Corp., 882 P.2d 298 (Cal. 1994)
 
# Soule v. Gen. Motors Corp., 882 P.2d 298 (Cal. 1994)
  
Class 15 (Monday, February 15)
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Class 15
 
# Nesselrode v. Exec. Beechcraft, Inc., 707 S.W.2d 371 (Mo. 1986)
 
# Nesselrode v. Exec. Beechcraft, Inc., 707 S.W.2d 371 (Mo. 1986)
 
# What does South Carolina do?
 
# What does South Carolina do?
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# David G. Owen, Design Defects, 73 Mo. L. Rev. 291 (2008) [https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1966&context=law_facpub] (excluding footnotes)
 
# David G. Owen, Design Defects, 73 Mo. L. Rev. 291 (2008) [https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1966&context=law_facpub] (excluding footnotes)
  
Class 16 (Tuesday, February 16)
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Class 16
# For each of our cases to date, (a) consider which party would benefit from an examination of alternative designs; (b) identify at least one alternative design; (c) argue that this alternative design (i) would have prevented or lessened the plaintiff's harm and (ii) would not have prevented or lessened the plaintiff's harm; and (d) argue that this alternative design (i) is reasonable and (ii) is not reasonable
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# For each of our cases to date, (a) consider which party would benefit from an examination of alternative designs; (b) identify at least one alternative design; (c) argue that this alternative design (i) would have prevented or lessened the plaintiff's harm and (ii) would not have prevented or lessened the plaintiff's harm; and (d) argue that this alternative design (i) is reasonable and (ii) is not reasonable.
  
Class 17 (Thursday, February 18)
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Class 17
 
# Recall Gen. Motors Corp. v. Farnsworth, 965 P.2d 1209 (Alaska 1998) with particular attention to the entire timeline from the early 1970s
 
# Recall Gen. Motors Corp. v. Farnsworth, 965 P.2d 1209 (Alaska 1998) with particular attention to the entire timeline from the early 1970s
 
# Andrew Sheldon, A Seat Belt History Timeline (November 13, 2020) [https://magazine.northeast.aaa.com/daily/life/cars-trucks/a-seat-belt-history-timeline/]
 
# Andrew Sheldon, A Seat Belt History Timeline (November 13, 2020) [https://magazine.northeast.aaa.com/daily/life/cars-trucks/a-seat-belt-history-timeline/]
 
# Grover v. Eli Lilly & Co., 591 N.E.2d 696 (Ohio 1992)
 
# Grover v. Eli Lilly & Co., 591 N.E.2d 696 (Ohio 1992)
  
Class 18 (Monday, February 22)
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Class 18
 
# The T.J. Hooper, 60 F.2d 737 (2d Cir. 1932)
 
# The T.J. Hooper, 60 F.2d 737 (2d Cir. 1932)
 
# Kim v. Toyota Motor Corp., 424 P.3d 290 (2018)
 
# Kim v. Toyota Motor Corp., 424 P.3d 290 (2018)
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# American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Regulatory Compliance Congruity with Liability Act [https://www.alec.org/model-policy/regulatory-compliance-congruity-with-liability-act/]
 
# American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Regulatory Compliance Congruity with Liability Act [https://www.alec.org/model-policy/regulatory-compliance-congruity-with-liability-act/]
  
Class 19 (Thursday, February 25)
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Class 19
 
# Ford Pinto Commercial [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zn56BUdi0o]
 
# Ford Pinto Commercial [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zn56BUdi0o]
 
# Mark Dowie, Pinto Madness, Mother Jones (September/October 1977) [https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1977/09/pinto-madness/]
 
# Mark Dowie, Pinto Madness, Mother Jones (September/October 1977) [https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1977/09/pinto-madness/]
# Gary T. Schwartz, The Myth of the Ford Pinto Case, 43 Rutgers L. Rev. 1013 (1990-91), available at [https://heinonline.org/hol-cgi-bin/get_pdf.cgi?handle=hein.journals/rutlr43&section=41] or [http://www.perishablepundit.com/docs/The_Myth_of_the_Ford_Pinto_Case.pdf]
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# Gary T. Schwartz, The Myth of the Ford Pinto Case, 43 Rutgers L. Rev. 1013 (1990-91), available at [https://heinonline.org/hol-cgi-bin/get_pdf.cgi?handle=hein.journals/rutlr43&section=41] or [https://web.archive.org/web/20201111223930/https://perishablepundit.com/docs/The_Myth_of_the_Ford_Pinto_Case.pdf]
 
# 1971 Chevrolet Impala vs. 1972 Ford Pinto Full-Rear Impact [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgOxWPGsJNY]
 
# 1971 Chevrolet Impala vs. 1972 Ford Pinto Full-Rear Impact [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgOxWPGsJNY]
 
# US Department of Transportation, Guidance on Treatment of the Economic Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) in U.S. Department of Transportation Analyses - 2016 Adjustment [https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/2016%20Revised%20Value%20of%20a%20Statistical%20Life%20Guidance.pdf]
 
# US Department of Transportation, Guidance on Treatment of the Economic Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) in U.S. Department of Transportation Analyses - 2016 Adjustment [https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/2016%20Revised%20Value%20of%20a%20Statistical%20Life%20Guidance.pdf]
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# Chris Isidore, The 57-cent part at the center of GM's recall crisis, CNN (April 2, 2014) [https://money.cnn.com/2014/04/02/news/companies/gm-recall-part/index.html]
 
# Chris Isidore, The 57-cent part at the center of GM's recall crisis, CNN (April 2, 2014) [https://money.cnn.com/2014/04/02/news/companies/gm-recall-part/index.html]
 
# Bill Vlasic, G.M. Inquiry Cites Years of Neglect Over Fatal Defect [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/business/gm-ignition-switch-internal-recall-investigation-report.html]
 
# Bill Vlasic, G.M. Inquiry Cites Years of Neglect Over Fatal Defect [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/business/gm-ignition-switch-internal-recall-investigation-report.html]
## Optional: Anton R. Valukas, Report to Board of Directors of General Motors Company Regarding Ignition Switch Recalls (May 29, 2014) ("Valukas Report") [https://www.beasleyallen.com/webfiles/valukas-report-on-gm-redacted.pdf]
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## Optional: Anton R. Valukas, Report to Board of Directors of General Motors Company Regarding Ignition Switch Recalls (May 29, 2014) ("Valukas Report") [https://web.archive.org/web/20210224214633/https://www.beasleyallen.com/webfiles/valukas-report-on-gm-redacted.pdf]
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# Optional: Bryant Walker Smith, The Trolley and the Pinto: Cost-Benefit Analysis in Automated Driving and Other Cyber-Physical Systems, 4 Texas A&M Law Review 197 (2017) [https://ssrn.com/abstract=2983000]
  
 
== Defectiveness: Information ==
 
== Defectiveness: Information ==
Class 20 (Monday, March 1)
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Class 20
 
# Olson v. Prosoco, Inc., 522 N.W.2d 284 (Iowa 1994)
 
# Olson v. Prosoco, Inc., 522 N.W.2d 284 (Iowa 1994)
 
# Nowak By & Through Nowak v. Faberge, U.S.A., Inc., 812 F. Supp. 492 (M.D. Pa. 1992)
 
# Nowak By & Through Nowak v. Faberge, U.S.A., Inc., 812 F. Supp. 492 (M.D. Pa. 1992)
 
# Mason v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 596 F.3d 387 (7th Cir. 2010)
 
# Mason v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 596 F.3d 387 (7th Cir. 2010)
  
Class 21 (Tuesday, March 2)
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Class 21
 
# Beshada v. Johns-Manville Prod. Corp., 447 A.2d 539 (N.J. 1982)
 
# Beshada v. Johns-Manville Prod. Corp., 447 A.2d 539 (N.J. 1982)
 
# Feldman v. Lederle Labs., 479 A.2d 374 (N.J. 1984)
 
# Feldman v. Lederle Labs., 479 A.2d 374 (N.J. 1984)
  
Class 22 (Thursday, March 4)
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Class 22
 
# Roman v. Sprint Nextel Corp., No. 12-CV-276 VEC, 2014 WL 5870743 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 13, 2014)
 
# Roman v. Sprint Nextel Corp., No. 12-CV-276 VEC, 2014 WL 5870743 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 13, 2014)
 
# Amanda J. Pooley et al., Social Referencing “Mr. Yuk”: The Use of Emotion in a Poison Prevention Program, Journal of Pediatric Psychology (2010) [https://academic.oup.com/jpepsy/article/35/4/327/913567]
 
# Amanda J. Pooley et al., Social Referencing “Mr. Yuk”: The Use of Emotion in a Poison Prevention Program, Journal of Pediatric Psychology (2010) [https://academic.oup.com/jpepsy/article/35/4/327/913567]
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# Environmental Standards for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes, 40 C.F.R. § 191.11-17 [https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/part-191/subpart-B]
 
# Environmental Standards for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes, 40 C.F.R. § 191.11-17 [https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/part-191/subpart-B]
  
Class 23 (Monday, March 8)
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Class 23
 
# Macrie v. SDS Biotech Corp., 267 N.J. Super. 34, 630 A.2d 805 (App. Div. 1993)
 
# Macrie v. SDS Biotech Corp., 267 N.J. Super. 34, 630 A.2d 805 (App. Div. 1993)
 
# Christopher Henry, Death by Dicta: The Life of The Sophisticated User Doctrine in South Carolina Products Liability Law, 69 S.C. L. Rev. 1039 (2018)
 
# Christopher Henry, Death by Dicta: The Life of The Sophisticated User Doctrine in South Carolina Products Liability Law, 69 S.C. L. Rev. 1039 (2018)
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== Post-Sale Obligations ==
 
== Post-Sale Obligations ==
  
Class 24 (Tuesday, March 9)
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Class 24
 
# Lovick v. Wil-Rich, 588 N.W.2d 688 (Iowa 1999)
 
# Lovick v. Wil-Rich, 588 N.W.2d 688 (Iowa 1999)
 
# Bryant Walker Smith, Proximity-Driven Liability, 102 Geo. L.J. 1777 (2014)
 
# Bryant Walker Smith, Proximity-Driven Liability, 102 Geo. L.J. 1777 (2014)
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== Factual Cause and Scope of Liability ==  
 
== Factual Cause and Scope of Liability ==  
  
Class 25 (Thursday, March 11)
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Class 25
 
# Johnson v. Am. Standard, Inc., 43 Cal. 4th 56, 179 P.3d 905 (2008)
 
# Johnson v. Am. Standard, Inc., 43 Cal. 4th 56, 179 P.3d 905 (2008)
 
# Henry v. General Motors Corp., 60 F.3d 1545 (11th Cir. 1995)
 
# Henry v. General Motors Corp., 60 F.3d 1545 (11th Cir. 1995)
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# Analyze the element of factual cause in at least three strict products liability claims that you have seen in our cases so far; pay particular attention to the relationship with a reasonable alternative design (if any)
 
# Analyze the element of factual cause in at least three strict products liability claims that you have seen in our cases so far; pay particular attention to the relationship with a reasonable alternative design (if any)
  
Class 26 (Monday, March 15)
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Class 26
 
# Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 15 (1998) (including both the comment and the reporters' note; the case citations are optional)
 
# Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 15 (1998) (including both the comment and the reporters' note; the case citations are optional)
 
# Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 16 (1998) (including both the comment and the reporters' note; the case citations are optional)
 
# Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 16 (1998) (including both the comment and the reporters' note; the case citations are optional)
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== Defenses ==
 
== Defenses ==
  
Class 27 (Tuesday, March 16)
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Class 27
 
# Iliades v. Dieffenbacher N. Am. Inc., 501 Mich. 326 (2018)
 
# Iliades v. Dieffenbacher N. Am. Inc., 501 Mich. 326 (2018)
 
# Reott v. Asia Trend, Inc., 618 Pa. 228 (2012)
 
# Reott v. Asia Trend, Inc., 618 Pa. 228 (2012)
 
# Standard Havens Prod., Inc. v. Benitez, 648 So. 2d 1192 (Fla. 1994)
 
# Standard Havens Prod., Inc. v. Benitez, 648 So. 2d 1192 (Fla. 1994)
  
Class 28 (Thursday, March 17)
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Class 28
 
# Donze v. Gen. Motors, LLC, 420 S.C. 8 (2017)  
 
# Donze v. Gen. Motors, LLC, 420 S.C. 8 (2017)  
 
# Wickersham v. Ford Motor Co., 432 S.C. 384 (2020)
 
# Wickersham v. Ford Motor Co., 432 S.C. 384 (2020)
  
Class 29 (Monday, March 22)
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Class 29
 
# Recall the affirmative defenses to a claim of negligence
 
# Recall the affirmative defenses to a claim of negligence
 
# Review our prior cases involving federal preemption of state tort law
 
# Review our prior cases involving federal preemption of state tort law
  
Class 30 (Tuesday, March 23)
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Class 30
  
 
# Geier v. Am. Honda Motor Co., 529 U.S. 861 (2000)
 
# Geier v. Am. Honda Motor Co., 529 U.S. 861 (2000)
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== Damages ==  
 
== Damages ==  
  
Class 31 (Thursday, March 25)
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Class 31
  
 
# East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval, 476 U.S. 858 (1986)
 
# East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval, 476 U.S. 858 (1986)
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== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
  
Class 32 (Monday, March 29)
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Class 32
  
 
# Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A (1965) (including the comment)
 
# Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A (1965) (including the comment)
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# Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability (1998) in its entirety (comments optional but recommended)
 
# Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability (1998) in its entirety (comments optional but recommended)
  
Class 33 (Tuesday, March 30)
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Class 33
  
 
# Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett, 570 U.S. 472 (2013)
 
# Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett, 570 U.S. 472 (2013)
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# US Department of Health and Human Services, [https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/prepact/Pages/default.aspx Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act] (just browse this page)
 
# US Department of Health and Human Services, [https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/legal/prepact/Pages/default.aspx Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act] (just browse this page)
  
Class 34 (Thursday, April 1)
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Class 34
  
 
# Come prepared to discuss the products liability implications of artificial intelligence generally and automated driving specifically
 
# Come prepared to discuss the products liability implications of artificial intelligence generally and automated driving specifically
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## Janelle Shane, [https://aiweirdness.com/post/622002033086578688/depixellation-or-hallucination Depixellation or Hallucination]
 
## Janelle Shane, [https://aiweirdness.com/post/622002033086578688/depixellation-or-hallucination Depixellation or Hallucination]
 
# My [https://newlypossible.org/wiki/Publications articles] on automated driving are also entirely optional
 
# My [https://newlypossible.org/wiki/Publications articles] on automated driving are also entirely optional
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# Begin preparing for our next class session:
  
Class 35 (Monday, April 5)
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Class 35
  
 
# Prepare for a discussion on confidentiality and arbitration with [https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielhinkle Daniel Hinkle], Senior State Affairs Counsel at the [https://www.justice.org/ American Association for Justice]
 
# Prepare for a discussion on confidentiality and arbitration with [https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielhinkle Daniel Hinkle], Senior State Affairs Counsel at the [https://www.justice.org/ American Association for Justice]
# Sunshine in Litigation Act, [http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0000-0099/0069/Sections/0069.081.html Florida Statutes § 68.081]
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# ''You should focus on Tesla's motion to compel arbitration (below). You may skim the articles, which provide helpful context for the cases''
# Ronald L. Burdge, [https://www.americanbar.org/groups/gpsolo/publications/gp_solo/2012/november_december2012privacyandconfidentiality/confidentiality_settlement_agreements_is_bad_clients_lawyers_justice/ Confidentiality in Settlement Agreements Is Bad for Clients, Bad for Lawyers, Bad for Justice] (2012)
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# Aleksich v. Remington Arms Co., [https://www.publicjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/436-2012.09.04-Order-Partially-Granting-Barber_s-Mtn.to-Unseal.pdf Order Partially Granting Barber's Motion to Unseal]
# [https://www.publicjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012.01.18-Order-on-Defendant_s-Motion-to-Continue-Protective-Order.pdf Order on Defendant’s Motion to Continue Protective Order], Toe v. Cooper Tires, Case No. CL 106914 (Iowa D.C. 2012)
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## Optional additional materials on this case are available at [https://www.publicjustice.net/case_brief/aleksich-v-remington-arms-co-2/ Public Justice]
# [https://www.publicjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021.03.04-FINAL-Zitrin-Attorney-Job-Announcement.pdf Anti-Secrecy Staff Attorney], Public Justice (2021)
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# [https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1149 California SB-1149 (2022)]
# [https://consumerist.com/consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/calcompel.pdf Order Compelling Arbitration], Jabarri v. Wells Fargo, 3:15-cv-02159-VC Doc. 69 (U.S. D.C. N.D. Calif. 2015)
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# [https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1149# SB-1149 Bill Analysis: 06/10/22- Assembly Judiciary] ''(only 06/10/22- Assembly Judiciary)''
# [https://www.justice.org/resources/research/the-truth-about-forced-arbitration The Truth About Forced Arbitration], American Association for Justice (2019) (executive summary and introduction) (remainder of report is optional)
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# Jack Ewing, [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/business/tesla-class-action-lawsuit-arbitration.html Tesla’s Direct Sales Model Helps It Thwart Customer Lawsuits]
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# In Re Tesla Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Litigation, [https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/gov.uscourts.cand_.400427.30.0.pdf Defendants' Motion to Compel and Stay Pending Arbitration and Motion to Dismiss]
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# Alison Frankel, [https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/column-ticketmaster-customers-attack-kafkaesque-mass-arbitration-rules-2023-03-20/ Column: Ticketmaster customers attack ‘Kafkaesque’ mass arbitration rules]
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# Oberstein v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 60 F.4th 505 (9th Cir. 2023)
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# Heckman v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., [https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/jnvwyjxnbvw/frankel-tickemastermassarb--plaintiffsoppos.pdf Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Compel Arbitration]
  
Class 36 (Tuesday, April 6)
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Class 36
  
# U.S. ex rel. Moldex-Metric v. 3M Co., [https://newlypossible.org/courses/products/EarplugsQuiTam.pdf Original Complaint Filed in Camera], 3:16-cv-01533-DCC Doc. 1 (D.S.C. May 12, 2016)
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# Regulatory consumer protection. Materials to be sent by email.
# In re: 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation, [https://newlypossible.org/courses/products/EarplugsDocket.pdf Docket], 3:19-md-02885-MCR-GRJ (current as of April 5, 2021) (skim this docket; note and try to answer your questions about it)
 
# Begin your lengthy assignment for Thursday
 
  
Class 37 (Thursday, April 8)
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Class 37
  
# In re: 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation, [https://newlypossible.org/courses/products/EarplugsComplaint.pdf Master Long Form Complaint and Jury Trial Demand], 3:19-md-02885-MCR-GRJ Doc. 704 (N.D. Fla. September 20, 2019)
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# Counsel for plaintiffs. Materials to be sent by email.
# In re: 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation, [https://newlypossible.org/courses/products/EarplugsAnswer.pdf Answer to Master Long Form Complaint], 3:19-md-02885-MCR-GRJ Doc. 800 (N.D. Fla. October 31, 2019)
 
  
Class 38 (Monday, April 12) ''(tentative assignment subject to additions)''
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Class 38
  
# In re 3M Combat Arms Earplug Prod. Liab. Litig., 474 F. Supp. 3d 1231, 1245 (N.D. Fla. 2020)
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# Counsel for defendants. Materials to be sent by email.
# In re 3M Combat Arms Earplug Prod. Liab. Litig., No. 3:19MD2885, 2020 WL 4756326 (N.D. Fla. Aug. 17, 2020)
 
# Prepare for a presentation on the 3M combat arms earplug litigation by [https://www.rpwb.com/attorneys/elizabeth-middleton-burke/ Beth Middleton Burke], Member at Rogers, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman LLC
 
  
Class 39 (Tuesday, April 13) ''(tentative assignment subject to additions)''
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Class 39
  
# Prepare for a discussion on the 3M combat arms earplug litigation and on products liability generally with [https://www.rpwb.com/attorneys/elizabeth-middleton-burke/ Beth Middleton Burke], Member at Rogers, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman LLC
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# In (1) a sentence and (2) a paragraph, explain multidistrict litigation (MDL).
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# In (1) a sentence and (2) a paragraph, explain the government-contractor defense.
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# Prepare any questions you have about products liability (the subject) and Products Liability (the course).

Latest revision as of 07:53, 10 April 2023

Welcome to Products Liability!

I recommend that you create case briefs in the format specified.

Products Liability Generally

Class 01

  1. Products liability syllabus

Class 02

  1. Silivanch v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc., 171 F. Supp. 2d 241 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)

Class 03

  1. Products liability theories
  2. After you have read this introduction, (a) carefully organize what you have already learned, in your other courses, about these theories and (b) briefly research any concepts that are still unfamiliar

Development of Strict Products Liability

Class 04

  1. Albert L. Clough, The Question of Axles, The Horseless Age (November 6, 1901) [1]
  2. MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., 111 N.E. 1050 (N.Y. 1916)
  3. Gregory Travis, How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer, IEEE Spectrum (April 18, 2019) [2]

Class 05

  1. Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co., 140 P.2d 107 (Cal. Ct. App. 1943)
  2. Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co., 150 P.2d 436 (Cal. 1944)
  3. Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc., 161 A.2d 69 (N.J. 1960)
  4. Greenman v. Yuba Power Prod., Inc., 377 P.2d 897 (Cal. 1963)
  5. Uniform Commercial Code § 2-316
  6. 15 U.S. Code § 2308 (Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act)
  7. Uniform Commercial Code § 2-318

Class 06

  1. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A (1965) (including the comment)
  2. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402B (1965) (including the comment)
  3. Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 1 (1998) (including the comment)
  4. Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 2 (1998) (excluding the comment)

Applicability of Strict Products Liability

Class 07

  1. Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc., 930 F.3d 136 (3d Cir. 2019)
  2. Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc., 936 F.3d 182 (3d Cir. 2019)
  3. Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc., 818 F. App'x 138 (3d Cir. 2020)
  4. Oberdorf v. Amazon.com Inc., 237 A.3d 394 (Pa. 2020)
  5. Amazon.com Conditions of Use (May 21, 2018) [3]

Class 08

  1. Recall Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A comment f (1965)
  2. Iowa Code Ann. § 613.18
  3. Council Directive 85/374/EEC [4]
  4. Prepare arguments

Class 09

  1. Torres v. City of Madera, No. CIVFF02-6385AWILJO, 2005 WL 1683736 (E.D. Cal. July 11, 2005)
  2. Torres v. Taser Int'l, Inc., 277 F. App'x 684 (9th Cir. 2008)
  3. Menkes v. 3M Co., No. CV 17-0573, 2018 WL 2298620 (E.D. Pa. May 21, 2018)

Class 10

  1. Prepare the exercise discussed in class
  2. Devin N. Perkins et al., E-Waste: A Global Hazard, Annals of Global Hazard, Annals of Global Health (2014) [5]
  3. European Commission, Ship recycling: Reducing human and environmental impacts (2016) [6]
  4. In re Old Carco LLC, 587 B.R. 809 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2018)
  5. Timothy B. Lee, The Heartbleed Bug, Explained, Vox (May 14, 2015) [7]

Defectiveness: Manufacturing

Class 11

  1. Welge v. Planters Lifesavers Co., 17 F.3d 209 (7th Cir. 1994)
  2. Recall Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A comment f (1965)
  3. Recall Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 2(a) (1998)
  4. Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 3 (1998) (including the comment)
  5. Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 7 (1998) (including the comment)
  6. McKenzie v. S K Hand Tool Corp., 650 N.E.2d 612 (Ill. 1995)
  7. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Average Age of Automobiles and Trucks in Operation in the United States [8]

Defectiveness: Design

Class 12

  1. Calles v. Scripto-Tokai Corp., 864 N.E.2d 249 (Ill. 2007)
  2. Gen. Motors Corp. v. Farnsworth, 965 P.2d 1209 (Alaska 1998)

Class 13

  1. Batts v. Tow-Motor Forklift Co., 978 F.2d 1386 (5th Cir. 1992)
  2. Sperry-New Holland, a Div. of Sperry Corp. v. Prestage, 617 So. 2d 248 (Miss. 1993)
  3. Miss. Code. Ann. § 11-1-63
  4. Smith v. Mack Trucks, Inc., 819 So. 2d 1258 (Miss. 2002)

Class 14

  1. Barker v. Lull Eng'g Co., 573 P.2d 443 (Cal. 1978)
  2. Soule v. Gen. Motors Corp., 882 P.2d 298 (Cal. 1994)

Class 15

  1. Nesselrode v. Exec. Beechcraft, Inc., 707 S.W.2d 371 (Mo. 1986)
  2. What does South Carolina do?
  3. What does another state of your choice do?
  4. David G. Owen, Design Defects, 73 Mo. L. Rev. 291 (2008) [9] (excluding footnotes)

Class 16

  1. For each of our cases to date, (a) consider which party would benefit from an examination of alternative designs; (b) identify at least one alternative design; (c) argue that this alternative design (i) would have prevented or lessened the plaintiff's harm and (ii) would not have prevented or lessened the plaintiff's harm; and (d) argue that this alternative design (i) is reasonable and (ii) is not reasonable.

Class 17

  1. Recall Gen. Motors Corp. v. Farnsworth, 965 P.2d 1209 (Alaska 1998) with particular attention to the entire timeline from the early 1970s
  2. Andrew Sheldon, A Seat Belt History Timeline (November 13, 2020) [10]
  3. Grover v. Eli Lilly & Co., 591 N.E.2d 696 (Ohio 1992)

Class 18

  1. The T.J. Hooper, 60 F.2d 737 (2d Cir. 1932)
  2. Kim v. Toyota Motor Corp., 424 P.3d 290 (2018)
  3. Ruffiner v. Material Serv. Corp., 116 Ill. 2d 53 (1987)
  4. Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 4 (1998) (including the comment)
  5. American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Regulatory Compliance Congruity with Liability Act [11]

Class 19

  1. Ford Pinto Commercial [12]
  2. Mark Dowie, Pinto Madness, Mother Jones (September/October 1977) [13]
  3. Gary T. Schwartz, The Myth of the Ford Pinto Case, 43 Rutgers L. Rev. 1013 (1990-91), available at [14] or [15]
  4. 1971 Chevrolet Impala vs. 1972 Ford Pinto Full-Rear Impact [16]
  5. US Department of Transportation, Guidance on Treatment of the Economic Value of a Statistical Life (VSL) in U.S. Department of Transportation Analyses - 2016 Adjustment [17]
  6. Myron Levin, Engineer's Memo Returns to Haunt GM, Los Angeles Times (April 30, 2001) [18]
  7. The Ivey Memo (two pages) [19] [20]
  8. Michael Ballaban, The Ivey Memo: The Original Cold Document That Made GM Squirm (2014) [21]
  9. Chris Isidore, The 57-cent part at the center of GM's recall crisis, CNN (April 2, 2014) [22]
  10. Bill Vlasic, G.M. Inquiry Cites Years of Neglect Over Fatal Defect [23]
    1. Optional: Anton R. Valukas, Report to Board of Directors of General Motors Company Regarding Ignition Switch Recalls (May 29, 2014) ("Valukas Report") [24]
  11. Optional: Bryant Walker Smith, The Trolley and the Pinto: Cost-Benefit Analysis in Automated Driving and Other Cyber-Physical Systems, 4 Texas A&M Law Review 197 (2017) [25]

Defectiveness: Information

Class 20

  1. Olson v. Prosoco, Inc., 522 N.W.2d 284 (Iowa 1994)
  2. Nowak By & Through Nowak v. Faberge, U.S.A., Inc., 812 F. Supp. 492 (M.D. Pa. 1992)
  3. Mason v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 596 F.3d 387 (7th Cir. 2010)

Class 21

  1. Beshada v. Johns-Manville Prod. Corp., 447 A.2d 539 (N.J. 1982)
  2. Feldman v. Lederle Labs., 479 A.2d 374 (N.J. 1984)

Class 22

  1. Roman v. Sprint Nextel Corp., No. 12-CV-276 VEC, 2014 WL 5870743 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 13, 2014)
  2. Amanda J. Pooley et al., Social Referencing “Mr. Yuk”: The Use of Emotion in a Poison Prevention Program, Journal of Pediatric Psychology (2010) [26]
  3. Ramirez v. Plough, Inc., 6 Cal. 4th 539 P.2d 167 (1993)
  4. Environmental Standards for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes, 40 C.F.R. § 191.11-17 [27]

Class 23

  1. Macrie v. SDS Biotech Corp., 267 N.J. Super. 34, 630 A.2d 805 (App. Div. 1993)
  2. Christopher Henry, Death by Dicta: The Life of The Sophisticated User Doctrine in South Carolina Products Liability Law, 69 S.C. L. Rev. 1039 (2018)

Post-Sale Obligations

Class 24

  1. Lovick v. Wil-Rich, 588 N.W.2d 688 (Iowa 1999)
  2. Bryant Walker Smith, Proximity-Driven Liability, 102 Geo. L.J. 1777 (2014)

Factual Cause and Scope of Liability

Class 25

  1. Johnson v. Am. Standard, Inc., 43 Cal. 4th 56, 179 P.3d 905 (2008)
  2. Henry v. General Motors Corp., 60 F.3d 1545 (11th Cir. 1995)
  3. Maia Szalavitz, 10 Ways We Get the Odds Wrong, Psychology Today (January 1, 2008) [28]
  4. Eric Horowitz, Why Are People Bad at Evaluating Risks?, Psychology Today (March 1, 2013) [29]
  5. Recall Christopher Henry, Death by Dicta: The Life of The Sophisticated User Doctrine in South Carolina Products Liability Law, 69 S.C. L. Rev. 1039 (2018)
  6. Analyze the element of factual cause in at least three strict products liability claims that you have seen in our cases so far; pay particular attention to the relationship with a reasonable alternative design (if any)

Class 26

  1. Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 15 (1998) (including both the comment and the reporters' note; the case citations are optional)
  2. Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 16 (1998) (including both the comment and the reporters' note; the case citations are optional)
  3. Rooker v. Ford Motor Co., 100 So. 3d 1229 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)
  4. Baker By & Through Baker v. Int'l Harvester Co., 660 S.W.2d 21 (Mo. Ct. App. 1983)
  5. Litowsky v. Asco Power Techs., L.P., 4 F. Supp. 3d 328 (D. Mass. 2014)

Defenses

Class 27

  1. Iliades v. Dieffenbacher N. Am. Inc., 501 Mich. 326 (2018)
  2. Reott v. Asia Trend, Inc., 618 Pa. 228 (2012)
  3. Standard Havens Prod., Inc. v. Benitez, 648 So. 2d 1192 (Fla. 1994)

Class 28

  1. Donze v. Gen. Motors, LLC, 420 S.C. 8 (2017)
  2. Wickersham v. Ford Motor Co., 432 S.C. 384 (2020)

Class 29

  1. Recall the affirmative defenses to a claim of negligence
  2. Review our prior cases involving federal preemption of state tort law

Class 30

  1. Geier v. Am. Honda Motor Co., 529 U.S. 861 (2000)
  2. Williamson v. Mazda Motor of Am., Inc., 562 U.S. 323 (2011)
  3. The Senate's automated driving bill could squash state authority
  4. Optional
    1. Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 7901-03, available here
    2. Sarah Herman Peck, When Can the Firearm Industry Be Sued? (2019)

Damages

Class 31

  1. East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval, 476 U.S. 858 (1986)
  2. Dean v. Barrett Homes, Inc., 8 A.3d 766 (N.J. 2010)
  3. Khan v. Shiley Inc., 217 Cal. App. 3d 848 (Ct. App. 1990)

Summary

Class 32

  1. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A (1965) (including the comment)
  2. Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability § 2 (1998) (including the comment)
  3. Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability (1998) in its entirety (comments optional but recommended)

Class 33

  1. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett, 570 U.S. 472 (2013)
  2. US Department of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, March 17, 2020
  3. US Department of Health and Human Services, Advisory Opinion on the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, May 19, 2020
  4. US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (just browse this page)

Class 34

  1. Come prepared to discuss the products liability implications of artificial intelligence generally and automated driving specifically
  2. Your preparation should involve researching relevant technologies and reflecting on the legal rules you have learned
  3. These materials on machine learning are optional:
    1. Robbie Allen, A Gentle Introduction to Machine Learning Concepts (2020)
    2. Google Developers, ML Concepts: Introduction to Machine Learning
    3. Google Developers, ML Concepts: Framing 
    4. Google Developers, ML Concepts: Descending into ML
    5. Tyler Vigen, Spurious Correlations
    6. Google Developers, ML Systems in the Real World: Cancer Prediction
    7. Janelle Shane, Do Neural Nets Dream of Electric Sheep?
    8. Kate Crawford and Trevor Paglen, Excavating AI
    9. Janelle Shane, Depixellation or Hallucination
  4. My articles on automated driving are also entirely optional
  5. Begin preparing for our next class session:

Class 35

  1. Prepare for a discussion on confidentiality and arbitration with Daniel Hinkle, Senior State Affairs Counsel at the American Association for Justice
  2. You should focus on Tesla's motion to compel arbitration (below). You may skim the articles, which provide helpful context for the cases
  3. Aleksich v. Remington Arms Co., Order Partially Granting Barber's Motion to Unseal
    1. Optional additional materials on this case are available at Public Justice
  4. California SB-1149 (2022)
  5. SB-1149 Bill Analysis: 06/10/22- Assembly Judiciary (only 06/10/22- Assembly Judiciary)
  6. Jack Ewing, Tesla’s Direct Sales Model Helps It Thwart Customer Lawsuits
  7. In Re Tesla Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Litigation, Defendants' Motion to Compel and Stay Pending Arbitration and Motion to Dismiss
  8. Alison Frankel, Column: Ticketmaster customers attack ‘Kafkaesque’ mass arbitration rules
  9. Oberstein v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 60 F.4th 505 (9th Cir. 2023)
  10. Heckman v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Compel Arbitration

Class 36

  1. Regulatory consumer protection. Materials to be sent by email.

Class 37

  1. Counsel for plaintiffs. Materials to be sent by email.

Class 38

  1. Counsel for defendants. Materials to be sent by email.

Class 39

  1. In (1) a sentence and (2) a paragraph, explain multidistrict litigation (MDL).
  2. In (1) a sentence and (2) a paragraph, explain the government-contractor defense.
  3. Prepare any questions you have about products liability (the subject) and Products Liability (the course).