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55 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 791 (1993-1994)
Biotechnology and Tort Liability: A Strategic Industry at Risk

handle is hein.journals/upitt55 and id is 801 raw text is: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND TORT LIABILITY: A STRATEGIC INDUSTRY AT RISK* Dan L. Burk** Barbara A. Boczar*** I. INTRODUCTION ...................................... 792 II. THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ..................... 796 A. Strategic Industries ........................... 796 1. Identifying Strategic Industries ............ 796 2. Strategic Problem-Solving ................. 798 B. The Role of Biotechnology .................... 800 1. A Critical Industry ....................... 800 2. A Strategic Industry ..................... 802 3. Industrial Policy ......................... 803 III. SCIENCE AND THE COURTS ........................... 806 A. The Nature of Tort Liability ................... 806 1. Standards of Tort Liability ............... 808 a. The Negligence Standard ............. 808 b. Strict Liability ...................... 809 2. Causation ............. .............. 811 a. Newtonian Causation ............... 811 b. Proximate Cause .................... 814 c. Burdens of Proof .................... 816 B. Science and Causation ........................ 816 1. The Relationship of Law and Science ....... 816 2. The Demands of Judicial Responsibility .... 820 3. The Problem of Judicial Abdication ........ 821 a. Science as Camouflage ............... 823 b. Science as Certainty .................. 824 * The authors wish to thank Professor John Barton, Stanford Law School, for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this article. ** Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University. B.S., Microbiology, Brig- ham Young University (1985); M.S., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Northwestern Univer- sity (1987); J.D., Arizona State University (1990); J.S.M., Stanford University (1993). *** Associate, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, California. B.S., Biol- ogy, University of Oregon (1974); Ph.D, Marine Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara (1985); J.D., Stanford University (1993).

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