Recent changes in product liability law, and in magnitude of jury awards, dictate that engineers shift their design priorities. Motorcycle designers must consider the liability implications of design improvements and re-evaluate traditional concepts of cost-effectiveness analysis. Explosive escalation of product liability litigation demands serious consideration by the designer at the concept stage and throughout final hardware development.


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    Title :

    Product Liability and the Motorcycle Designer


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    1979 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition ; 1979



    Publication date :

    1979-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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