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New CCH Service Helps Set Strategy For
Product Liability Litigation
(RIVERWOODS, ILL., October 2, 2001) If youre heading to court with
a case involving products liability, youll want to be well-prepared with the benefit
of insights, strategies and experiences from a seasoned expert. Now, CCH INCORPORATED
(CCH), a leading provider of business law information, is offering a new treatise: The Law
of Products Liability, 4th Edition, designed to give litigators comprehensive
and practical information to help them succeed in court. (For more information or to
subscribe to The Law of Products Liability, call 800-449-6435 or visit http://business.cch.com/onlinestore.)
Written by Marshall Shapo, an expert in tort law and the laws of product liability, the
treatise is a research tool that brings over 30 years of legal developments, insights and
analysis to the user. The Law of Products Liability analyzes products liability law
in more than 30 detailed chapters, relating the various areas of the law to one another.
The guide, available in print, on CD-ROM or the Internet, summarizes the principal
developments in every major area of products law, focusing on the facts of cases and
presenting the law in the context of how cases come to the lawyers door.
Supporting the analysis is meticulous citation to thousands of decisions. And, as an
added advantage, all citations in The Laws Products Liability treatise are linked
to the corresponding text in CCH Products Liability Reports, a reporter service
that provides full-text of laws and court opinions relating to products liability. For
those who subscribe to both products in either CD or Internet format, a click of the mouse
will take you from the treatise to full-text of a cited law or court decision in the
reporter.
A Creative Source of Ideas for Litigators
The Law of Products Liability is designed to give litigating lawyers new and
creative ways to approach the law and such topics such as theories of liability, proof of
causation, warnings and defenses based on the plaintiffs conduct.
Besides carefully describing the law, the guide points the way to creative arguments,
digging below the surface of the rules of products liability law for their rationales and
providing information and insights to help lawyers make persuasive arguments in court
based on those rationales.
The Law of Products Liability provides comprehensive topical coverage, including
in-depth treatment of:
- Theories of Liability
- The Defect
- Economic Relationships in Products Liability
- Risk Allocation Through Bargaining and Provision of Information
- Consumer Conduct
- Problems of Proof and Causation
- Special Problems of Characterization
- Remedies and Procedures
- General Legal Issues
- Legislation
- Comparing Products Liability: Concepts in European and American Law
About the Author
The Law of Products Liability represents over 30 years of intensive study and
constant updating by a single author, Marshall S. Shapo. Renowned as an expert on tort law
and the law of products liability in particular, Professor Shapo is the Frederic P. Vose
professor at Northwestern University School of Law. The Law of Products Liability is
his tenth book-length publication in the products area. Professor Shapo has testified
several times to U.S. Senate committees on products liability and other aspects of tort
law. Prior to his tenure at Northwestern, Professor Shapo held a chair at the University
of Virginia School of Law. He began his career in law teaching at the University of Texas
School of Law.
Availability and Pricing
For more information or to subscribe to The Law of Products Liability in
loose-leaf, CD-ROM or over the Internet, call 800-449-6435 or visit the CCH Online Store
at http://business.cch.com/onlinestore.
Price for a one-year subscription with annual updates is $259 in print, $267 on CD-ROM and
$294 for the Internet version, plus applicable tax and shipping.
About CCH INCORPORATED
CCH INCORPORATED, founded in 1913, has served four generations of business
professionals and their clients. The company produces approximately 700 print and
electronic products for securities, tax, legal, banking, securities, human resources,
health care and small business markets. CCH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer
North America. The CCH web site can be accessed at www.cch.com. The CCH Business and Finance Group web site can be accessed
at http://business.cch.com.
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