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The extent of current asbestos product labeling is limited
Except for products which are sold unwrapped, such as millboard; and asbestos-cement sheet, all products are labeled with the name of the manufacturer or distributor. Only asbestos paper and furnace cement are labeled as containing asbestos. Non-asbestos substitutes for all asbestos products are widely available to the public for household uses.
Product Liability Cases Involving SUV ‘s in Washington
Pickup and SUV occupants
147
precentage
24
Total motor vehicle deaths
600
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Highway Loss Data I
The manufacturer of a product has the given responsibility
of making their product with care. Manufacturers provide the
assurance that a purchaser or user of the product suffer a personal injury when using the product as intended
by the manufacturer.
Seattle Verdicts and Settlements
Judgement of $7,000,000 for Washington woman injured in car accident
(7/13/2001)
Governmental tort claim by 40-year-old Samia Ashraf who sustained brain damage and multiple fractures when her car was involved in an accident with a van when she pulled out of a Costco Wholesale parking lot in Seattle. She claimed that the City of S
The products you purchase from Seattle retail stores, wholesalers,
supermarkets, or specialty outlets are manufactured with an implicit
guarantee that the item is not defective and that the purchaser
of the item come to no harm if the manufactured product
is used in its intended manner.
Products with a dangerously defective
potential rate are a threat to your safety and well-being. An individual
who has been loaned or given a defective or negligent product can
file product liability claims and take action against those responsible
for the defective or dangerous product.
Among the many common consumer products that are recalled are:
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Audio, RM, 8 Kbps, 4:09, 7/9/1998
NPR's Peter Kenyon reports that Senate Republican leaders have withdrawn a product liability bill that was being blocked by Democrats. The measure would have limited the liability of wholesalers and retailers of products that cause harm. It also would have limited punitive damages against companies with fewer than 25 employees or with annual revenues of less than five million dollars. The measure, which has been debated in various forms for years, was opposed by trial lawyers and consumer group Source: National Public Radio
Seattle External Sites
Chapter 48.92.020 RCW - The Washington State Legislatur
The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is the compilation of all permanent laws now in ... (9) "Product liability" means liability for damage RCW SECTIONS
The Washington State Bill Information page provides access to legislative ... 7.72.040, Liability of product seller other than manufacturer -- Except
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Definition:
Promises stated outright by the manufacturer or seller. They are usually in advertisements or on a product’s packaging.
Inadequate Warning
Definition:
Sometimes, a manufacturer doesn’t warn the user of a product’s hazards. Simply putting a warning in a little instruction book or label might not be enough. The warning must adequately inform the user of the hazards.
Goods
Definition:
All things (including specially manufactured goods) which are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale other than the money in which the price is to be paid
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Washington Occupants of SUVs and pickups 
Chapter 48.92.020 RCW - The Washington State Legislatur