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The Evolution of Products Liability Law
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I. introduction
On the tenth anniversary of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability,1 it is fitting to observe from whence the law of products liability has come and to look a bit at where it presently resides. Truly modern products liability law in the United States2 is fairly viewed as being about half a century old, beginning with the rise of strict liability for manufacturers of defective products in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In fact, however, much of the story of products liability law begins much longer ago than that. Important aspects of the modern law of products liability rest on principles of strict seller liability for defective goods rooted in custom …
