By Kirk Hartley on Posted in Asbestos,International Asbestos,Prevention of Product LiabilityAn article here describes a construction group in Dubai trying to raise consciousness regarding asbestos in building projects. This type of activity was what the US went through in the mid to late 1980s, and it spawned tort litigation seeking to recover the costs of coping with asbestos regulations. According to the article: “By volume,… Continue Reading
By Kirk Hartley on Posted in Prevention of Product LiabilityProduct liability litigation draws lots of ink and html. Product liability prevention draws far less of both but of course is a strategy that makes sense. Maybe prevention it would obtain more attention if it product liability losses were made the subject of exchange-traded derivative products that constitute bets on the extent of a company’s… Continue Reading