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LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy

May 2008

Criminalizing Product Liability Claims? An Idea from Across the Pond

By William Hoffman and Rebecca Grunfeld Hamilton

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act of 2007 is yet another example of a worldwide trend toward criminalizing the law of product liability. While the idea of establishing criminal corporate manslaughter has been discussed in the United States, it has not gained much momentum. The recent reform in the United Kingdom, however, may rekindle the efforts to criminalize product liability, especially during the course of this election year.

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