How Lawsuits Make Us Safer

• Signals and Deterrence;
  

• Liability and the Insurance Function (Playgrounds);
  

• Litigation and Government Regulation (Window-Shade Seat Belts; Ford Pinto, Mercury Bobcats and Chevy Chevettes; Firearms);
  

• Alerting the Public and Stimulating Medical Research (DES; Norplant).

Aircraft (Air Force Jet; Airplane Engine)

Consumer and Household Products (Bic Disposable Lighter; Bottle Cap; Charcoal Briquets; Children's Pajamas; Drano; Furniture Polish; Infant Crib; Tampons; Vaporizer)

Crime

• Hate Crimes (Knights of the Ku Klux Klan; United Klans of America; Invisible Empire; White Aryan Resistance; Christian Knights and the South Carolina Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan; Aryan Nations)
  

• Official Misconduct (Hogtying; Issuing Illegal Commercial Drivers' Licenses; Police Emergency Response; Police Misconduct; Strip-Searches; Witness Protection)
  

• Other Violent Crimes (Luxury Cruises; Parking Lots, Schools; Workplace Violence)

Drugs and Medical Devices (Chloromycetin; Copper-7 Intrauterine Device (IUD); Dalkon Shield IUD; Oraflex; Ortho-Novum 1/80; Silicon Breast Implants; Tylenol)

Environmental Hazards (Chrome-plating Facility; Contaminated Soil; Contaminated Water; Electromagnetic Pulse Radiation)

Firearms (Remington Air Rifle; Saturday Night Special)

Hospital and Medical Procedures (Anesthesia Procedures; Catheter Placement; Diagnostic Procedures; Drug Prescriptions; Hospital Staffing; Infection Control; Medicine Availability; Nursing Home; Physician Decision-Making; Prescription Verification; Trauma Care; Ventilator)

Public Spaces (Escalators; Stores)

Toys and Recreational Products (Above-Ground Swimming Pools; Mini-String Hammock; Pool Drain; Pool Filter and Skimmer; Pool Solar Cover; Slip 'N Slide)

Vehicles (Airbags; American Motors CJ-7 Jeep; Ford Escort; Windshield Glass)

Work-Related Injuries (Chain Saw; Domino's Pizza; Fuel Tanker; Kubota Tractors; Latex Gloves; Lawn Mower; Logging Skidder; Punch Press; Vibrating Tools)