100th AALL Annual Meeting & ConferenceJuly 14 – 17, 2007, New Orleans, LA Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (Hall A)
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Legalease Today
Crashworthiness Doctrine. Products liability. The principle that the manufacturer of a product will be held strictly liable for injuries occurring in a collision, even if the collision results from an independent cause, to the extent that a defect in the product causes injuries above and beyond those that would have occurred in the collision itself. Definition courtesy of Black’s Law Dictionary (8th ed. 2004). [drc]
Breaking Away From (or perpetuating?) Stereotypes
From Wisconsin’s Capital Times, an article about how local librarians are using social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook to connect with users. Although the reporter went a little overboard with her perception of how librarians are viewed in society, Libraries woo patrons on the Web is still worth a browse. [drc]
Legalease Today
Hearsay – Traditionally, testimony that is given by a witness who relates not what he or she knows personally, but what others have said, and that is therefore dependent on the credibility of someone other than the witness. [drc]