[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

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enesis of products liability. Clearly, it was developed to benefit the consumer as it allowed the consumer a legal avenue of relief not previously available because there was no contract between the injured party and the supplier of the defective product. This occured at least 50 or 60 years before the 70's - though it did expand in the 70's as you said

http://www.pointoflaw.com/products/overview.php

and another

http://www.marlerclark.com/WPMarlerC...ty%20law%20%22

I wasnt referring to products liability per se but rather the actual expansion of consumer protection but I can see the connection to proucts liability given the information you posted.

in any event, I believe that big business has successfully managed to neutralize consumer protection thanks to a congress williing to pass business friendly laws...for example, class actions are now quite restricted ...