Product Liability
The European Management and Quality Challenge
Published on 9. January 1990
Book
Hardback
XXVIII, 201 pages
978-3-540-51819-8 (ISBN)
Description
Product liability has been a problem for U.S. manufacturers and others in commerce since the mid-1970s. The adoption of the Directive requiring Member States of the EEC to make legal provisions for product liability in 1988 introduces strict product liability in the EEC and brings an increased risk of claims on producers. This book, written from a manufacturing viewpoint, provides information about product liability which managers should find helpful. Its main theme is that product liability should be seen as a challenge to man- agement. Product liability has particular implications for the marketing function and it also introduces legal and insurance considerations.
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Content
Contents:
The road to strict product liability in the USA and Europe.- The EEC's strict product liability regime.- A positive response to strict product liability.- Product safety starts at the top.- The quality route to product safety.- Design for use.- Production and market readiness.- Safety evaluation of new and existing products.- Manufacture.- New dimensions in marketing.- Product recall.- Is the product defensible?- Insurance - the external buttress.- The legal test of defectiveness.- The necessary changes.- Appendices.- Subject Index.