In Defense of Tort Law / Thomas H. Koenig and Michael L. Rustad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koenig, Thomas H.

Contributor:

Rustad, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torts--United States.

Torts.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Late night comedians and journalists eagerly seized upon the case of an elderly woman who sued McDonald's when she spilled hot coffee in her lap as a prime example of frivolous litigation. But as Rustad and Koenig argue, cases such as these are an incomplete and misleading characterization of tort law. Corporations have successfully waged a public relations battle to create the impression that most lawsuits are spurious, when in fact the opposite is true: tort law plays a crucial role in protecting consumers from dangerous and sometimes life-threatening hazards. Without legal remedies, corpora

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: In Defense of Tort Law; Introduction: Tort Rights Under Siege; A Tale of Two Torts: Tire Explosions and a Hot Coffee Spill; [A] Tread Separations in Bridgestone-Firestone Tires; [B] The McDonald's Coffee Case: A Tort Reform"Poster Child"; 1 The Path of Tort Law; 2 The Human Face of Tort Law; 3 Gender Justice and Tort Law; 4 In Defense of Patients' Rights; 5 In Defense of Products Liability and Safety; 6 A Tort Law for the Twenty-First Century; Notes; Index and Table of Cases; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-332) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814748992

0814748996

9780814749258

0814749259

OCLC:

779828165