Comment: litigation involving manufacturers' liability for defective medical products: judicial perspectives.

In this Comment, Judge Rosenn discusses, from a judicial perspective, the development of manufacturer's liability for defective medical products, with particular attention to the evolution of the strict liability doctrine, the courts' willingness to apply that doctrine to medical manufacturers, and recent suggestions for seriated trials as a means of more effective resolution of the complex litigation that arises in cases of alleged faculty design of medical products.