Title :
Technical Preplanning for Litigation
Author :
Jacobs, Richard M. ; Mundel, August B.
Author_Institution :
Consultant Services Institute, Inc; 23 Rumson Road; Livingston, NJ 07039 USA.
fDate :
6/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Litigation strategies often depend upon decisions made during or prior to the start of design or development of a product The features of a liability prevention program are reviewed so that documents with the necessary technical content for successful defense of a litigation will be available if needed. Their development during the design, manufacturing, and marketing phases of a product´s life can benefit product safety, quality, and cost.
Keywords :
Advertising; Assembly; Costs; Ducts; Jacobian matrices; Manuals; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Product liability; Warranties; Data collection; Design Review; FMEA; Fault-tree analysis; Litigation; Loss control; Product assurance; Product liability; Product recall; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1979.5220508
