Randall L. Goodden

Lawsuit!

Reducing the Risk of Product Liability for Manufacturers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Easy-to-follow, easy-to-implement procedures for avoiding costly product liability

Protect your company against the possibility of a costly product liability lawsuit. Lawsuit! takes you through all the procedures and processes that manufacturers need to have in place to limit their exposure to product liability claims. These procedures and processes also ensure that you'll have the best defense ready in the event that your organization is faced with a lawsuit.

Author Randall Goodden is one of the world's leading experts on product liability prevention. His advice is based on more than twenty-five years of hands-on experience as a manufacturing executive. Everything you need to know to reduce your firm's exposure to product liability claims is clearly set forth in non-technical language, including:
Step-by-step instructions, along with accompanying examples, for implementing risk-reduction procedures
Compliance guidelines for meeting the requirements of government product safety organizations
Examples of lawsuits that underscore the need for a rigorous risk-reduction program
Thorough explanations of the law and legal processes

Lawsuit! covers both U.S. and international law, making it appropriate for manufacturing companies around the world. In addition to avoiding product liability lawsuits, this book helps manufacturers maximize profits by being less wasteful and, at the same time, more effective in launching new products.

Following the book's easy-to-follow and easy-to-implement procedures is your best defense against product liability suits that could potentially ruin your company's reputation and bottom line.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9780470177976
• ISBN-10: 0470177977
• Artikelnr.: 25529717

Autorenporträt

Randall L. Goodden is recognized around the world as a leading expert and author on product safety and product liability prevention. Through his public and in-house seminars around the world, he has taught product safety and product liability prevention to thousands of manufacturing executives. For more than twenty-five years, Mr. Goodden has worked as a Director and then Corporate Vice President in charge of Quality & Product Reliability, New Product Development, Field Services, and Litigation Management for a large international manufacturing corporation. Mr. Goodden is the President of Goodden Enterprises, LLC and the founder and Chairman of the International Product Safety & Liability Prevention Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Dedication Page. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1. An Introduction to
Product Liability. Chapter 2. Product Liability Around the World. Chapter
3. Product Liability Law. Chapter 4. New Product Introduction. More
Effective Design Reviews. Chapter 5. New Product Introduction. Product
Safety Reviews. Hazards Analysis. Risk Assessment. Chapter 6. Product
Testing. Chapter 7. Warnings & Instructions. Chapter 8. Product Warranties.
Chapter 9. Product Marketing. Chapter 10. Contracts. Purchase Orders.
Agreements. Chapter 11. Records Retention & Dangerous Documents. Chapter
12. The Administrative Team. Chapter 13. Post-Sale Duties to Warn &
Recalls. Chapter 14. The Quality System. Incorporating Safeguards into the
Procedures. Chapter 15. Claims and Investigating Incidents. Chapter 16.
Entering Into Litigation. Index.