When the American Law Institute decided to draft a restatement on products liability, I was ecstatic. I knew it would help clarify the better course for one particularly troubled area: supplier liability.
More today from the Lying Times, which just published this opinion piece suggesting that joint and several liability should return as the default rule in tort cases: Bring Back Joint and Several Liability. We may have a response to that view in an upcoming commentary.
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