Prohibitive cost of product liability protection

Nature 
The producer, importer or supplier of a product passes on to the consumer the high cost of protecting himself against litigation for damage cause by a defective product. Legal costs include insurance and fees for lawyers. In the USA, awards by courts for injury has risen at an exorbitant rate. Defensive measures increase the cost of a product. Additional and unnecessary medical tests might be conducted to protect against medical malpractice suits. Industries may be made internationally uncompetitive because of these increased costs.
Claim 
There is a theory of product liability in which the misuse of a product, even when it is not defective, becomes the pretext for a damage claim. Items manufactured in compliance with every safety law, accompanied by careful warnings against misuse, nonetheless become subjects of litigation.
Broader 
Unclear liability
Predatory litigation
Prohibitive cost of insurance
Prohibitive costs for businesses
Prohibitive administrative overhead costs for aid
Related 
Increase in insurance claims for medical negligence
Aggravates 
Inadequate defence
Aggravated by 
Defective product manufacture
Strategy(ies) 
Guaranteeing insurance provisions
Value(s) 
Protection
Costliness
Liability
Overprotectiveness
Prohibition
Reference(s) 
Bass, Lewis J D: Product Liability: design and manufacturing defects
Cartwright, Robert E and Phillips, Jerry J: Products Liability
Phelan, Richard J and Ross, Kenneth: Product Liability: warnings, instructions, and recalls 1984
Herzog, Peter E: Harmonization of Laws in the European Communities: products liability, conflict of laws, and
Freedman, Warren: International Products Liability
Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems