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Product Liability

Oct. 2, 1999

Crash Test

^^Tort Law^^ Crash Test Uninsured Motorists Can Recover Noneconomic Damages in Product-Liability Suits The manner in which the court reached the answer in 'Hodges' provides a road map for further interpretation of Proposition 213 and other initiatives.

        By Michael K. Brown and Lisa M. Baird
        
        Do "actions to recover damages arising out of the operation or use of a motor vehicle" include a product-liability suit filed because a motorist allegedly was injured in a collision due to a defective automobile? In Hodges v. Superior Court, 21 Cal.4th 109 (1999), the Californi...

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