Written for the February, 2005 Food Safety In-Sight newsletter by Environ Health Associates, Inc, “Food Claims and Litigation” begins, “In a perfect food safety world, operators of food facilities would
“Separating the Chaff from the Wheat: How to determine the strength of a foodborne illness claim,” is a paper presented at the May 2005 Defense Research Institute meeting on food
In my first article in a series for ID Access, “An Introduction to Product Liability Law,” I introduce readers to product liability law and the concepts behind it, beginning with:
“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
The concept of strict product liability is addressed in “Product Liability: How It Turned Strict,” one of a series of articles for ID Access that address the legal risks faced
In “Chain of Distribution Liability: Tag, You’re It,” one of a series of articles that address the legal risks faced by manufacturers and distributors of food products, I explain
In “Indemnification, Contribution, and Allocation of Fault: Shifting the Blame,” one of a series of articles that address the legal risks faced by manufacturers and distributors of food products, I
In “Product Distributor Liability: Some Different Scenarios,” an article for ID Access, I address liability for product distributors by using examples to illustrate product distributor liability in practical scenarios such
“Intentional Contamination: Liability for the Criminal Acts of Employees” is one in a series of articles that address the legal risks faced by manufacturers and distributors of food products. In
Printed in the June/July 2005 issue of Food Safety Magazine, “How to Keep Your Focus on Food Safety” was written about the food industry’s reaction to claims of
Drew Falkenstein and I co-authored “Tracing Mad Cow Makes Litigation Unlikely,” an article on litigation resulting from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) contamination for the March 2006 edition of the
“Food Safety and the CEO: Keys to Bottom Line Success,” which appeared in the October/November 2007 issue of Food Safety Magazine begins, “Foodborne illness has, of course, been around