Liability for Robots I: Legal Challenges

Legal Status of Pre-Contractual Liability

The discussion about the person's liability for the actions attributable to him before the stage of contracting is a new debate that has been attracted the attention of legal circles. According to this debate, the person’s freedom of contracting does not implement the person’s freedom to ignore the rights and interest of other party. As a result, it would be possible that contracting person con...

Legal Feature Product Liability for Medical Devices

Here we set out the European product liability regime as it applies to medical devices and examine key cases that indicate how the legislation is likely to be interpreted. Despite the fact that the strict liability regime has been in existence for many years, numerous issues have yet to be resolved and there continues to be a lack of harmonisation between the EU member states. We highlight a nu...

Legal Errors and Liability Insurance

Legal liability and workplace violence.

Workplace violence is a growing social problem. Some of this growth may be perceptual, reflecting our new awareness of what constitutes violence in the workplace. Furthermore, much of what falls under its current rubric does not correspond to the classic image of worker-on-worker or worker-on-employer mayhem. Nevertheless, the total number of incidents is alarmingly large; the problem is real. ...

Legal Liability in Covering Athletic Events

A thletic trainers, team physicians, physical therapists, coaches, and schools all face potential liability by providing medical coverage at athletic events. This article will focus on potential liability that may arise from high school athletic injuries. Common principles can be found among the laws of each state, but material differences exist in the decisions of the higher courts of each sta...