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1960

The Assault upon the Citadel: Strict Liability to the Consumer

William L. Prosser

Argues American courts were already abandoning privity and negligence requirements case by case in favour of strict liability for defective products, and should complete the shift openly.

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Donoghue v StevensonHouse of Lords, 1932Holds that a manufacturer owes a duty of care to the ultimate consumer of its product, deriving a general 'neighbour principle' that anyone reasonably foreseeable as harmed by carelessness is owed a duty.

Filed under Tort Law in Law.