Citation

Maggs PB. J. Consum. Policy 1991; 14(1): 29-33.

Affiliation

University of Illinois College of Law, 504 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00380274

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The author shows that, after the great evolution of U.S. product liability law in the seventies, a backlash was inevitable. These restrictions are demonstrated by reference to state statutes, court decisions, court procedures, and theories. The author argues that lobbying of powerful interest groups eventually was responsible for stopping and even reversing the expansion of products liability law.