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Litigation Involving Manufacturers’ Liability for Defective Medical Products: Judicial Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2021

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 1977

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Footnotes

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Judge Max Rosenn serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

References

1 59 Cal.2d 57, 27 Cal. Reptr. 697, 377 P.2d 897 (1963).

2 Id.

3 20 Cal. App. 3d 1022 (1971); 54 A.L.R.3d 250.

4 463 F.2d 12 (5th Cir. 1972).

5 17 Calif. App.3d 958, 95 Cal. Reptr. 381 (1971).

6 227 A.2d 539 (N.J. Super. 1967), aff'd, Magrine v. Spector, 250 A.2d 129 (N.J. 1969).

7 4 UCCRS 300 (N.Y. Sup. 1967).

8 Twerski, Weinstein, Donaher, and Piehler, The Use and Abuse of Warnings in Products Liability, 61 CORNELL L. REV, 495 (1976).

9 Id.

10 Id. at 496.

11 537 F.2d 726 (3d Cir. 1976).

12 Hearings on Medical Device Amendments of 1975, H.R. Doc. No. 5545, 94th Cong., 1st Sess. (1975).

13 Weinstein, Twerski, Piehler, and Donaher, Product Liability: An Interaction of Law fcf Technology, 12 DUQUESNE L. REV. 425, 426 (1974).

14 Twerski, supra note 8, at 535.

15 Id. at 535-36.

16 Id.

17 Rosenn, Commentary on “Product Liability,” 12 DUQUESNE L. REV. 465, 467 (1974).