TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - The social costs of dangerous products
JO  - Cornell journal of law and public policy
A1  - Shapiro, Sidney
A1  - Ruttenberg, Ruth
A1  - Leigh, Paul
SP  - 775
EP  - 829
VL  - 18
IS  - 3
N2  - Defective consumer products impose significant costs on consumers and third parties when they cause fatalities and injuries. This Article develops a novel approach to measuring the true extent of such costs, which may not be accurately captured under current methods of estimating the cost of dangerous products. Current analysis rests on a narrowly defined set of costs, excluding certain types of costs. The cost–of-injury estimates utilized in this Article address this omission by quantifying and incorporating these costs to provide a more complete picture of the true impact of defective consumer products. The new estimates help to gauge the true value of the civil liability system.
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SN  - 1069-0565
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -