The case for product liability reform - now! (Perspective) Industrial Management | July 1, 1992| | COPYRIGHT 1992 Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

American business has been accused of falling behind, but there is one thing we are still better at producing than any nation on earth: costly lawsuits that sap our competitiveness. Yet, if the first step toward solving a problem is recognizing it, we are making progress - there is growing consensus about the dangers of the "litigation monster" we have unleashed.

Vice president Quayle raised the level of debate last year when he asked a meeting of the American Bar Association, "Does America really need 70 percent of the world's lawyers? Is it healthy for our economy ...

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