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When, on what grounds, and to what extent do we or should we hold individuals responsible for their own actions in product liability cases? How do we separate cases in which the victim could not have exercised any control over the harm or injury suffered from those in which the victim could have avoided or minimized the harm? How do we assign degrees of responsibility and consequent liability?
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May, W.W. (1985). Product Liability: When does the Individual Assume the Risk?. In: Whipple, C., Covello, V.T. (eds) Risk Analysis in the Private Sector. Advances in Risk Analysis, vol 220. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2465-2_17
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