Product Liability Reform Act: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2760 ... September 9 and 10, 1986, 第 4 卷U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 - 684 頁 |
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... awards in personal injury cases jumped from 27 in 1975 to 401 two years ago . And average jury awards have been increasing about 15 percent annually since 1975 . In Federal courts the number of product liability suits filed during the ...
... awards in personal injury cases jumped from 27 in 1975 to 401 two years ago . And average jury awards have been increasing about 15 percent annually since 1975 . In Federal courts the number of product liability suits filed during the ...
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... award allocable to economic loss and 17 the portion of any damage award allocable to noneconomic 18 loss . The jury shall not be instructed regarding the limita- 19 tions on damages specified in subsections ( b ) and ( c ) of this 20 ...
... award allocable to economic loss and 17 the portion of any damage award allocable to noneconomic 18 loss . The jury shall not be instructed regarding the limita- 19 tions on damages specified in subsections ( b ) and ( c ) of this 20 ...
第 28 頁
... AWARD OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES 24 SEC . 303. ( a ) Punitive damages may , if otherwise per- 25 mitted by applicable law , be awarded in any civil action sub- 26 ject to this title to any claimant who establishes by clear and 27 1 convincing ...
... AWARD OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES 24 SEC . 303. ( a ) Punitive damages may , if otherwise per- 25 mitted by applicable law , be awarded in any civil action sub- 26 ject to this title to any claimant who establishes by clear and 27 1 convincing ...
第 29 頁
... awarded in the absence 9 of a compensatory award . 10 ( b ) In any civil action in which the alleged harm to the 11 claimant is death and the applicable State law provides , or 12 has been construed to provide , for damages only ...
... awarded in the absence 9 of a compensatory award . 10 ( b ) In any civil action in which the alleged harm to the 11 claimant is death and the applicable State law provides , or 12 has been construed to provide , for damages only ...
第 61 頁
... award be deleted from Section 206 . d . Section 303 ( " Uniform Standards for Awards of Punitive Damages " ) Section 303 of the bill provides that punitive damages may be awarded in a product liability action where the plaintiff can ...
... award be deleted from Section 206 . d . Section 303 ( " Uniform Standards for Awards of Punitive Damages " ) Section 303 of the bill provides that punitive damages may be awarded in a product liability action where the plaintiff can ...
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第 351 頁 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
第 350 頁 - No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law...
第 362 頁 - The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith — the text of civic instruction — the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them, in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.
第 346 頁 - Where the seller at the time of contracting has reason to know any particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the buyer is relying on the seller's skill or judgment to select or furnish suitable goods, there is unless excluded or modified under the next section an implied warranty that the goods shall be fit for such purpose.
第 382 頁 - Consumer ( 1 ) One who sells any product in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous to the user or consumer or to his property is subject to liability for physical harm thereby caused to the ultimate user or consumer, or to his property, if (a) the seller is engaged in the business of selling such a product, and (b) it is expected to and does reach the user or consumer...
第 345 頁 - ... (a) knows or has reason to know that the chattel is or is likely to be dangerous for the use for which it is supplied, and (b) has no reason to believe that those for whose use the chattel is supplied will realize its dangerous condition, and (c) fails to exercise reasonable care to inform them of its dangerous condition or of the facts which make it likely to be dangerous.
第 345 頁 - ... harm caused to them by its lawful use in a manner and for a purpose for which it is supplied.
第 362 頁 - ... the diffusion of information and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of the public reason ; freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
第 364 頁 - In contracts for provisions, it is always implied that they are wholesome; and if they be not, the same remedy may be had.
第 364 頁 - Implied are such as reason and justice dictate, and which therefore the law presumes that every man undertakes to perform.