2012-05-24T14:57:29Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/product-liability.html http://www.rand.org/law-business-regulation/centers/civil-justice.html Oct 3, 2011 Oct 3, 2011

The RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ) conducts research on all aspects of civil justice, from trends in litigation and jury verdicts to punitive damages, compensation systems, and alternative dispute resolution. Directly or indirectly, civil justice issues have an impact on us all.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1104.html Aug 18, 2011 Aug 18, 2011

Asbestos bankruptcy trusts—created to compensate people injured by the mineral—may be influencing tort cases. The current way that the trusts and the tort cases are linked together may result in payments that are not consistent with the basic principles of the tort liability system.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/08/18.html Aug 18, 2011 Aug 18, 2011

Asbestos bankruptcy trusts—created to compensate people injured by the mineral—may be influencing tort cases. The current way that the trusts and the tort cases are linked together may result in payments that are not consistent with the basic principles of the tort liability system.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20091224.html Nov 30, 2009 Nov 30, 2009

<p>n the United States, drugs are jointly regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, which oversees premarket clinical trials designed to ensure drug safety and efficacy, and the liability system, which allows patients to sue manufacturers for unsafe drugs. In this paper, the authors examine the potential welfare effects of this dual system to ensure the safety of medical products, and conclude that product liability exemptions for FDA regulated activities could raise economic efficiency.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP115.html Dec 31, 2003 Dec 31, 2003

Framing the Compensation Inquiry

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20030216.html Dec 31, 2002 Dec 31, 2002

<p>At the direction of the funding agencies (the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)), and in consultation with our Technical Expert Panel, the authors addressed research questions regarding the efficacy of herbal ephedra and ephedrine for weight loss and athletic performance through a comprehensive literature review and synthesis of evidence.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP809.html Dec 31, 1998 Dec 31, 1998

For product liability verdicts during 1983 to 1996 involving automobile manufacturers, the authors examine the amount of coverage in several dozen newspapers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP794.html Dec 31, 1998 Dec 31, 1998

In this paper, the authors attempt to develop information about a narrow but important piece of a very complex puzzle -- the sketchy economic effects of product liability.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP747.html Dec 31, 1997 Dec 31, 1997

This article aims to help readers think systematically about the economic effects of product liability and punitive damages.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP702.html Dec 31, 1997 Dec 31, 1997

The real world of tort litigation

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP606.html Dec 31, 1996 Dec 31, 1996

A content analysis of 249 articles from Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Forbes, and Business Week during 1980-1990 examined the representativeness of popular media coverage of tort litigation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9018.html Dec 31, 1993 Dec 31, 1993

This research brief summarizes the economic effects of product liability in the drug and medical device industries, how the system produces those effects, and what kinds of reforms could increase the system's benefits while reducing its costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP311.html Dec 31, 1993 Dec 31, 1993

The civil justice system has not responded well to the challenge of handling mass torts, and many innovations have been proposed to improve processing of these cases.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7775.html Dec 31, 1992 Dec 31, 1992

An edited transcript of written testimony delivered in September 1991 to the Consumer Subcommittee of the United States Senate Commerce Committee. The author covers five topics: trends in product liability; the nature and extent of product-associated...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9002.html Dec 31, 1988 Dec 31, 1988

In the last decade, U.S. corporations have faced growing legal liabilities. Peter Reuter tests a framework for analyzing how these liabilities might affect corporations economically, and offers evidence of liability’s influence on corporate behavior.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2807.html Dec 31, 1987 Dec 31, 1987

Presents a framework for analyzing how expanded liability might affect such outcomes as productivity and international competitiveness and offers some preliminary evidence on the impact of expanded liabilities on the behavior of corporations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7271.html Dec 31, 1985 Dec 31, 1985

This paper is an edited transcript of written testimony delivered in October 1986 to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7210.html Dec 31, 1985 Dec 31, 1985

This paper was originally presented as testimony before the Consumer Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in February 1986. It presents results of research conducted by the Institute for Civil Justice relevant...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7089.html Dec 31, 1984 Dec 31, 1984

Analyzes ways in which firms have responded to recent changes in pressures to design safer products, based on interviews with product safety officials in major manufacturers and extensive analysis of legal and scholarly literature.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P5921.html Dec 31, 1976 Dec 31, 1976

Compares the costs of operating the tort liability system for four major branches of tort law: product liability, automobile liability, workers' compensation, and medical malpractice.