product liability

area of law in which manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers, and others who make products available to the public are held responsible for the injuries caused by them
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product liability

Summary

product liability is a civil law[1]. It draws 201 Wikipedia views per month (civil_law category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • product liability's instance of is recorded as civil law[3].
  • product liability is a type of legal risk[4].
  • product liability is a type of responsibility[5].
  • product liability comprises Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act[6].
  • product liability comprises Product Liability Act[7].
  • product liability comprises Product Liability Directive[8].
  • product liability's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Product liability[9].

Body

Definition and Type

product liability's instance of is recorded as civil law[3]. Recorded subclass of include legal risk[4] and responsibility[5].

Use and Application

Components include Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act[6], an Act of Congress in the United States[10], in United States[11]; Product Liability Act[7], a statute[12], in Japan[13], founded in 1994[14]; and Product Liability Directive[8], a directive of the European Union[15].

Why It Matters

product liability draws 201 Wikipedia views per month (civil_law category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . law.cornell.edu. law.cornell.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com. uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [11] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Instance of civil law
    Instance of
    Topic's main category Category:Product liability
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2723, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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