A look is taken at products liability law as it exists today and an attempt is made to measure some of its impact on the engineering profession. Alleged design defects are becoming an increasingly important target in products liability litigation. It would appear that, from the accumulated evidence, whether deservedly or not, engineers will continue, for the forseeable future, to be cast in the role of the bad guy in such litigation.


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    Title :

    Engineers - The Bad Guys of Products Liability Litigation


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    1969 International Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition ; 1969



    Publication date :

    1969-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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