| Admissibility of Evidence of Subsequent Remedial Remedies in Product Liability Cases |
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| A "subsequent remedial measure" is an action taken after an adverse incident that makes the incident less likely to reoccur. For example, if the design of a toy allowed small pieces to break off, increasing a child's risk of choking, changing the material the toy is made from after learning of the problem with the toy would be a subsequent remedial measure. Likewise, if an automobile's air bags tended to inflate in the absence of a collision, the manufacturer's correction of that problem would constitute a subsequent remedial measure.
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| The Food and Drug Administration's 2004 Initiatives for Dietary Supplements |
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| Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) power to adopt specific standards for dietary supplements. Dietary supplements include vitamins, minerals, herbs, botanicals, amino acids, and nutraceuticals. More... |
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| The Food and Drug Administration's Oversight of Human Cloning Technology |
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| In 1996, Dolly the sheep became the first large animal cloned from a bioengineered embryo that had been implanted in a ewe's womb. It took 277 attempts before a viable lamb was born. Other animals have been cloned to date, but successful cloning has not occurred often and various abnormalities have been seen. In 1999, it was reported that DNA had been found in Dolly's cells, which was typical of an older animal. More... |
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| Identifying and Evaluating Injury Claims Involving Drugs or Medical Devices |
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| Drug product liability lawsuits are usually based on the drug company's failure to warn of known (or likely) dangers in using a prescription drug or medical device. The first element that must be shown in a drug product liability lawsuit is causation. Did the drug or medical device cause the injury? The second question presented is whether the drug company provided adequate warnings about its product.
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| Liability of Ammunition Manufacturers |
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| Gun manufacturers have been faced with product liability suits claiming that the manufacturers should be held strictly liable for producing certain guns, even if they worked exactly as intended, because the guns constituted defective, "unreasonably dangerous" products. What about the manufacturers of ammunition? Gun violence would not be possible without ammunition. Can ammunition manufacturers be held liable for producing unreasonably dangerous products?
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