Book Review
Comparative Fault - Third Edition By Henry Woods and Beth Deere Clark Boardman Callaghan 1053 pages; $135 Reviewed by Timothy O. Dudley
Judge Henry Woods is the premier scholar on
court in the country.
vival, conflicl of laws, multiple panies, and prod-
lhe subject of comparative Fault. The first IwO
Along with these topics, lhere are separate
editions of this book have been cited byalmosl
chaplers dealing with intentional conduct, last
hints on the trial of ton cases, on submiuing such
every stale supreme court in the country and by
clear chance, wrongful death, statutory viola-
cases to the jury, and on the appellate phase. A
many Federal trial and appellate couns. When
tions, nuisance, persons under disabilities, coun-
full set of instructions and interrogatories is
the first edition was published, only a minority of
terclaims and set-ofTs. and conflict of laws. The
included.
stales had embraced the doctrine of comparative
chapter on conflict of laws is important when
fault. Al present. either the pure or modified ver-
read in conjunction with the state-by-state sum路
itive work in its area. Comparath'e Fallit .. Third
sion has been adopted in Fony-six slates, Guam,
mary where there is a choice in selecting a
EditiOlI can be ordered by calling, loll-Free 1-
Pueno Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
forum.
800-221-9428 or by writing Clark Boardman
In me new edition of Comparat;\'t Falllt,
The state-by-state analysis summarizes Ihe
Judge Woods and Beth Deere have compiled an
law of every staLe, giving first the basis of com-
impressive volume -- over one thousand pages--
parative fault (case law or statute). The law in
which includes the significant cases from every
each state is then summarized under the headings
jurisdiction in the United Stales. Recem changes
of assumption of risk, last clear chance, willFul
in lort law make this new edition of Compararil'e
and wanton conduct, wrongFul death and sur-
Fa"l, timely and indispensable
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uct liability. There are chapters giving helpful
The book is easy to use and will be the defin-
Callaghan, 155 Pfingsten Road, Deerfield, IL 60015-4998.
lawyers who
practice in the field of ton law. The statutory and case law have been brought
up
10 dale.
There have been significant changes
in the law since the second edition was published in 1987. Because of the tort rerann movement,
in many jurisdictions. nOi only has there been a modification in comparative fault law, but also in
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