"Bryant Walker Smith, professor of law and engineering at the Univ. of South Carolina in Columbia, said the burden of liability is likely to shift more to manufacturers than consumers and the manufacturers will have to pass those costs on to consumers. If the cars are actually safer, however, the number of lawsuits is likely to diminish.
Parsing out liability — who is responsible for what — will be far more complicated with these cars, he said."
- Date Published:02/19/2015
- Original Publication:R&D Magazine