Product liability: Canadian law and practice

Please see the attached PDF file below for a detailed listing of the table of contents

Part I Law

• Chapter 1 - History and theories of products liability
• Chapter 2 - Negligent design and manufacture
• Chapter 3 - Failure to warn or instruct
• Chapter 4 - Breach of warranty and representations
• Chapter 5 - Target defendants
• Chapter 6 - Defences
• Chapter 7 - Causation
• Chapter 8 - Common evidentiary issues in product cases
• Chapter 9 - Liability for economic loss
• Chapter 10 - Conflict of laws
• Chapter 11 - Insurance
• Chapter 12 - Special issues in product liability class actions

Part II Practice

• Chapter 13 - The preliminary stages
• Chapter 14 - Discovery issues
• Chapter 15 - Summary judgement in product cases
• Chapter 16 - Issues and challenges in product liability trials
• Chapter 17 - Settlement considerations
• Chapter 18 - Consumer product safety regulation in Canada

Appendices

• Theories of liability checklist
• Preliminary steps checklist
• Conflict of laws checklist
• Defendant production checklist
• Sample statement of claim (consumer product)
• Sample statement of defence (consumer product)
• Sample statement of claim (commercial product)
• Sample statement of defence (commercial product)
• Sample inspection and preservation order
• Sample confidentiality order
• Canada Consumer Product Safety Act
• Selected literature on product liability
• Words and phrases
• Table of cases