Fact Sheets on Product Safety
Product Liability Laws Make America Safer
America's product liability laws are a powerful warning to
even the most audacious wrongdoers that they cannot market
and sell products that injure or kill consumers and expect
to get away with it. Read
more.
Restricting Product Liability Awards Harms Low-Income
American
January 1 So-called product liability
"reform" legislation would severely impact low-income
Americans. It would limit damages in successful claims, and
could even cut off claims completely. Here are some previously
proposed provisions, and how they would affect the poor. Read
more.
Recalled Products
December 21, 2004 Vioxx is one of many dangerous products
found to kill and injure patients after receiving FDA approval.
Below are just some of the products recalled in 2004. Read
more.
How The Infant Products Industry Compromises Baby Safety
November 17, 2000 An article on the baby products industry,
as well as the book from which it was excerpted, shed considerable
light on the potential dangers of many common products purchased
by parents for their children. Read
more.