The media coverage, however, resulted in a number of complaints of the skirts catching fire and causing injuries. Power of the press. Window Falls a. 70 people fall to death out of windows each year, plus 42,000 ER injuries. Product Liability A. A system to compensate for injuries, to deter unsafe products and to disclose safety deficient corporate practices. Involves ability of consumers to sue a. Lawyers usually do this on a contingency fee basis to avoid the consumer having to risk money up front b.
Punitive damages are to deter companies from deliberate practices that put users at risk c.
The Liability 1. Discuss one of the cases that follows 2. Originally liable only when negligent or unreasonably careless in what they made or how they made it. The down-side of liability laws. Even if a manufacturer offers a product, a distributor or retailing may refuse to carry it because of the liability law issue.