2000 Revised Edition

AUTHOR: STEPHEN M. FELDMAN
Current supplementation and revisions by:
  CELIA ANN ROONEY

Published: December, 2000
Most recent supplement/update: 2012 supplement; released 11/11; $96.00
(Current Subscriber's Price: $76.50)
Library of Congress Number: 00-136087
ISBN: 1-887024-84-0

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Announcing a brand new book, PRODUCT LIABILITY, by acclaimed trial lawyer Stephen M. Feldman. In his signature style, Mr. Feldman has produced a classic of over a thousand pages that is both scholarly and easy-to-use. Readers will find the very latest state and federal cases meticulously analyzed and woven in such a way as to offer a clear understanding of this important area of Pennsylvania law. This in-depth analysis combined with the author's insights and practice tips have produced a masterpiece that is unmatched in quality, scope, and value to all practitioners.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Feldman, PRODUCT LIABILITY doesn't just give you the rules of law. It puts the rules into a factual context by including numerous sections discussing product liability in specific factual situations.
• In an easy-to-read style, the author presents detailed analysis and discussion of important cases and their impact on the law and practice.
• Thousands of footnotes direct you to the authority you need to resolve the issue at hand.
• Valuable practice tips save you time and allow you to benefit from the author's forty years of practice.
• Discusses negligence, strict liability and breach of warranty in detail as well as other types of actions involving products, including fraud and misrepresentation, medical monitoring, the Automobile Lemon Law, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act, the Consumer Product Safety Act, the RICO Act, the Lanham Act, and maritime law.
• Besides the substantive law of product liability, deals with other aspects of the law insofar as directly impacting on the product liability field, including the statute of limitation, contractual limitation on recovery, causation, damages, spoliation, insurance coverage, bankruptcy, jurisdiction, venue, pleadings, discovery, and evidence.
• Each section of the book leads you to further research by citing the relevant sections of West Digest, P.L.E., C.J.S., Am.Jur. 2d, A.L.R. annotations, Law Reviews, and technical literature.
• Both Pennsylvania appellate decisions and federal decisions based on Pennsylvania law are extensively cited, including a wealth of federal cases that are not reported in the official federal reporters.

PART I GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
1.	Product Liability in General
2.	Conflict of Laws
3.	Liability For Product Supplied By Another
4.	Corporate Liability
5.	Proof of Identity of The Manufacturer or Supplier Negligence
PART II NEGLIGENCE
6.	Negligence in the Design, Manufacture or Sale of a Product in General
7.	Types of Negligent Acts
PART III STRICT LIABILITY FOR SUPPLYING A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT
8.	Strict Liability in General
9.	Nature of The Product To Which Strict Liability Applies
10.	Nature of The Seller Subject To Strict Liability
11.	Nature of The Plantiff Entitled To Recover Under Strict Liability
12.	Nature of The Defect To Which Strict Liability Applies
13.	Warranties In Connection With The Sale of Goods
14.	Warranties of Habitability
PART IV MISCELLANEOUS THEORIES OF LIABILITY
15.	Miscellaneous Theories of Liability
PART V CAUSATION
16.	Causation
PART VI DAMAGES
17.	Damages
PART VII DEFENSES
18.	Defenses In General
19.	Conduct of The Plantiff or Third Parties
20.	Immunity From Liability
21.	Contractual Limitations On Recovery
22.	Statute of Limitations
23.	Miscellaneous Defenses
PART VIII PAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS
24.	Collectability of Judgment
25.	Contribution, Indemnification and Subrogation
PART IX PROCEDURE IN PRESENTING A CLAIM OR DEFENSE
26.	Procedure In Product Liability Actions Involving Mass Torts
27.	Jurisdiction, Venue and Pleadings
28.	Discovery and Pretrial Procedure
29.	Trial Procedure
30.	Evidence