1. Overview 1
2. Product Liability and Medical Malpractice in Comparative Context 28
3. An Industrial Profile of the Links between Product Liability and Innovation 81
4. Product Liability and Motor Vehicle Safety 120
5. Liability, Safety, and Innovation in the Automotive Industry 191
Comments on Chapters Four and Five 224
6. Malpractice, Patient Safety, and the Ethical and Scientific Foundations of Medicine 227
7. Medical Malpractice and Its Effect on Innovation 251
Problems and Solutions in Medical Malpractice: Comments on Chapters Six and Seven 274
8. Prescription Drug Safety and Product Liability 291
9. The Chilling Effect of Product Liability on New Drug Development 334
Product Liability in Phamaceuticals: Comments on Chapters Eight and Nine 360
10. Liability, Innovation, and Safety in the Chemical Industry 367
11. The Impact of Liability on Innovation in the Chemical Industry 428
12. Product Liability and Safety in General Aviation 456
13. General Aviation Manufacturing: An Industry under Siege 478
Comments on Chapters Twelve and Thirteen 500
Contributors 503
Index 505