Legal Backgrounders

June 3, 2005

Legal Backgrounders

Court Dramatically Expands Strict Liability Tort Theory

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By David T. Biderman, a partner with the law firm Perkins Coie LLP in the firm’s Santa Monica office, and David R. East, an associate in the firm’s Seattle office.

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