Topic
Strict Liability
146 published works
Central New York Injury Lawyer Blog
Liability Rules for Animal Attacks in New York. Lions and Tigers and Bears (and dogs) oh my!
Every once in a while, my news feed delivers to me some horrendous story about a lawsuit involving a vicious attack by someone’s exotic pet animal such as a monkey…
Zachar Law Blog
Who is liable for injuries caused by dogs?
By Chris Zachar
Under Arizona law, a dog owner is “strictly liable” for dog bites or injuries caused by its dog. What does that mean? If your dog bites or attacks someone who…
TortsProf Blog
Wells on Strict Liability for Constitutional Torts
Michael Wells has posted to SSRN Some Objections to Strict Liability for Constitutional Torts. The abstract provides:Qualified immunity protects officials from damages for constitutional violations, unless they have violated “clearly established”…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Outlook on a common liability framework for high-risk AI systems in the EU
By Dr. Matthias Schweiger, Nicole Boeck, Katrin Weixelgartner
In May 2020, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs took the initiative and published a draft report with recommendations to the Commission on a civil liability regime for artificial…
New York Bar Picture Book
Strict Liability – Animals
By Wela Quan
TortsProf Blog
Conference on Fault-Based and Strict Liability
The European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law (ECTIL) and the Institute for European Tort Law of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Graz (ETL) cordially invite…
Product Liability & Mass Torts Blog
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction: Illinois Revisits the Standard for Imposing Strict Liability on Nonmanufacturers
By James Cromley, Jonathan Judge
When a bulk container of vitamins tore and began to leak, it set into motion an unforeseen chain of events — beginning with the injury of Martin Cassidy and ending…
TortsProf Blog
Davis on Pharmaceutical Products Liability
Mary Davis has posted to SSRN Time For a Fresh Look at Strict Liability for Pharmaceuticals. The abstract provides:Over the ensuing 50 years from the promulgation of § 402A, products liability…
TortsProf Blog
Vandall on Strict Products Liability Versus Negligence in Pennsylvania
Frank Vandall has posted to SSRN Tincher Unmasked. The abstract provides:Over 76 years ago, Justice Traynor of the California Supreme Court called for the adoption of strict liability for products liability…
International Compliance Blog
Foreign subsidiary trading with Iran? OFAC really means STRICT liability
By Peter Jeydel
On February 7, 2019, OFAC fined a Virginia-based company, Kollmorgen Corporation, for business that its recently-acquired Turkish subsidiary allegedly conducted in Iran after determining that Kollmorgen had undertaken “extensive preventative…