Strict products liability is a legal doctrine that imposes liability for personal injury and property damage caused by defectively designed or manufactured products. The manufacturer or seller of such products is held responsible if the product injures a consumer who buys or uses the product.
Motor vehicles can have design defects and manufacturing defects. If a defect causes harm to a consumer, the manufacturer can be held liable for damages.
Health care costs, especially the cost of prescription drugs, have increased dramatically in recent years. Americans pay higher costs for prescription drugs than consumers abroad. U.S. consumers, particularly the elderly, have demanded changes that would make prescription drugs more affordable. This article discusses past and current federal legislation dealing with the reimportation of prescription drugs. Safety has been one of the major issues in the battle over the reimportation of prescription drugs. Current law prohibits the reimportation of prescription drugs until the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) certifies the safety of reimported prescription drugs.
Most goods that you buy, except houses, motor vehicles, and large equipment, are consumer products. Consumer products are considered defective if they are improperly designed or manufactured or fail to warn the consumer of the product's dangers. Manufacturers of consumer products have a duty to sell safe products to consumers. If you are injured while using a defective consumer product, you may be able to recover damages from the manufacturer. This article covers the following consumer products: appliances, home products, clothing, lawn mowers, home power tools, and sports equipment.
Cellular phones are hand-held wireless telephones that have a built-in antenna. Cellular phones are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FCC sets safety guidelines that limit radiofrequency energy on wireless phones sold in the U.S. The FDA monitors the health effects of cellular phone use. Cellular phone use has skyrocketed. There were 16 million cellular phone users in the United States in 1994. By 2001, there were more than 118 million cellular phone users. This article focuses on the FDA's regulation of cellular phones.
