Liability for Medical Appliances in Malpractice Suits: The Fly in the Ointment
Date
1979
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Publisher
Texas Tech Law Review
Abstract
Discusses the recent trend of turning to the joinder of the manufacturer of allegedly defective products in medical malpractice suits. The author believes that products liability claim, as they apply to medical malpractice, have largely until now been ignored. The author outlines the steps of a malpractice suit that seeks to impose liability not on the doctor, but on the medical appliance.
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Keywords
Products liability, Medical malpractice, Medical devices, Medical appliances, Defective condition, Cause of action, Joinder
Citation
10 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 405