Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

For at least two decades, Pennsylvania law has recognized an exemption from strict liability for prescription drug manufacturers based on the state Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Restatement ...

Paul was a Senior Legal Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Not everyone agrees with the validity of the Supreme Court’s approach to statutory interpretation, but if the question is whether ...

Surely you noticed the centrality of the notion of a product being “unreasonably dangerous,” right? And surely, Pennsylvania jury instructions must explain what that notion means, right? Wrong.

From Illinois Appellate Court Judge David Ellis's concurring opinion two weeks ago in People v. Lee: I believe that the State is required to prove that the defendant [who is charged with possessing a ...

As a small-business owner, you can protect yourself and your business from costly litigation by recognizing situations that expose you to tort liability. A tort is a civil wrong causing injury to ...

Michael Sena examines how manufacturers can navigate the intricacies of strict liability claims, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA), and the shifting legal precedents in the circuit courts — ...

From the majority opinion in State v. Blake, by Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud: Washington's strict liability drug possession statute, makes possession of a controlled substance a felony punishable by ...

Most critics of the Hague tribunal in Serbia share the view of command responsibility as a form of strict liability. They argue that command responsibility entails responsibility of a superior for the ...