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
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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
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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
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