Product Liability Course Syllabus Spring 2016 Mondays* 2:00 pm – 3:40 pm Room 7 *First Class Monday, January 25, 2016 Text: Product Liability Cases & Materials (5th) Fischer, et al. (West 2013) ISBN 978-0-314-28350-4 Instructors: Roger Geary rgeary@shb.com Direct Dial: (816) 559-2208 Sandy Stigall sstigall@shb.com Direct Dial: (816) 559-2441 Shook, Hardy & Bacon (816) 474-6550 7325357 v1 Class 1—Introduction to Product Liability Chapters 1-3, pp. 1-103 Introduction Early Product Liability MacPherson Henningsen Greenman Class 2—Manufacturing & Design Defect Chapter 4, pp. 105-175 Wedge Gray Keller Bourne Phillips Fallon Barker Class 3—Design Issues, Misuse, State of Art Chapter 4, pp. 175-261 Romito Boatland Smith Stringer Grundberg Class 4—Failure to Warn Chapter 4, pp. 261-379 Hollister Spruill Broussard Campos State ex rel Johnson & Johnson Class 5—Fact / Proximate Cause Chapter 5, pp. 381-447 Burke Jahn Mulcahy Rutherford Class 6—Statutes, Regulation and Preemption Chapter 8, pp. 589-637 Harned Southland Bates 7325357 v1 Class 7—Proof of Defect, Causation and Damages Chapter 6, pp. 449-508 Bruce First Premier Daubert Kumho Milanowicz Best Chapter 9, pp. 639-696 Alloway Gnirk Acosta Clark Class 8—Scope of 402A / Defenses Chapter 12, pp. 829-871 Tillman Kriegler Hoffman Chapter 11, pp. 769-799 Raymond Chapter 10, pp. 697-736 McCown Daly Krajewski Morgan Class 9—Complex Litigation Chapter 13, pp. 883-958 Hardy Silicone Gel Valentino In Re Rhone-Poulene Class 10—Missouri Law Leading Cases Product Liability Statutes Expert Witnesses Evidentiary Issues Punitive Damages Final Exam – 1:30 pm Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Students with Disabilities: If you anticipate barriers related to the format or requirements of this course, if you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need to make arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please let me know as soon as possible. If disability related accommodations are necessary (for example, a note taker, extended time on exams, captioning), please register with the Disability Center (http://disabilitycenter.missouri.edu), S5 Memorial Union, 573- 882-4696, and then notify me of your eligibility for reasonable accommodations. For other MU resources for persons with disabilities, click on "Disability Resources" on the MU homepage. 7325357 v1