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Well-known lawsuits involving sport utility vehicles, defective tires, breast implants and tobacco, have focused public attention on products liability cases where jury awards can routinely run into the millions. With stakes this high, whether you're pursuing restitution for injured consumers or defending product manufacturers from potentially devastating lawsuits, you can afford to have anything other than the industry standard for information on this evolving area of law. CCH's Products Liability Reporter delivers intensive research, frequent updates and expert analysis to keep you on top of products liability law. Subscribe today to:

• Get a complete overview of the products liability landscape
• Access the in-depth research and expert analysis needed to participate in this high stakes area of law
• Tap into full-text accounts of key state and federal liability decisions to gain insight into specific product case law
• Use CCH's detailed research and charted information to make winning evidentiary and damage assessment considerations
• Save time and locate specific issues and products with the Rapid Finder Index

Features & Benefits

Understand the theory and practice of current liability law- The law of products liability is intended to help consumers and commercial purchasers obtain compensation for physical and economic injuries caused by defective products. Gray areas abound and the reporter offers not only law theory, practice and procedure but the latest evidentiary considerations for litigating different types of cases and determining appropriate damage parameters.

Read full-text accounts and analysis of all federal and state products liability decisions- The reporter provides the full text of all decisions reported by federal trial and appellate courts, as well as all state upper courts. Case explanations are included and specific product and product component areas are discussed. Those who also subscribe to CCH's Law of Products Liability, which focuses more on case strategy, can take advantage of cited links between these two publications.

Learn the regulations concerning the liability of manufacturers, sellers, distributors and lessors- With many parties potentially involved in products liability cases, the reporter provides up-to-date information on the changing rules concerning those directly or indirectly connected to these cases.

Access comprehensive information on all these crucial issues and more:

• Strict liability
• Breach of warranty
• Negligence
• Defense
• Damages

Contents Includes

Volume 1

• Topical Index
• Case Table
• U.S. Supreme Court Docket
• Leading Decisions
• Warranty
• Negligence
• Strict Liability
• Parties

Volume 2

• Practice and Procedure
• Defenses
• Damages
• Damage Awards
• Products

Volume 3

• Cumulative Index
• Current Decisions
• Products Liability Statutes