“Product Liability: A Brief History of Its Early Origins” begins: Product liability law evolved from contract law, with the first decisions strongly favoring manufacturers. For a very long time, the “general rule” was that a manufacturer could not be sued, even for negligence, by someone with whom he had no contract. This was called the “rule of privity,” and it was most famously set forth in an 1842 case that is bane of every first year law student’s existence–Winterbottom v. Wright.
Denis Stearns, is of-counsel at Marler Clark, earned a BA in philosophy from Seattle University, and his law degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He graduated from both schools with high honors, and won numerous awards for service and
Recalls can cost about half a million pounds and tracing affected products can take several hours on average, according to a survey in the United Kingdom. Tracing products in the
The CEO of the largest berry company in the world has stepped down amid controversy and lawsuits about the firm’s use of pesticides.
Soren Bjorn, who has served as
Gentle suction mixed with the dependable pull of gravity. That’s the basic principle behind a new way of harvesting apples. In what some would call a transformative system, it
A poultry company in England has disclosed how a Salmonella contamination incident will likely cost it £2.1 million ($2.8 million).
Between March 23 and April 10 this year,
OPINION
In an article that will soon be published in the Seattle Law Review, I take a look at food safety through the lens of the “pink slime” controversy and
“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?”
— from Robert Browning’s “Andrea del Sarto”
Part 2: Does case law support FDA’
