Product Liability: How it affects the Writing and Design of Instruction Manuals for the United States and the Europeam Community
http://www.stc.org/ConfProceed/1993/PDFs/Pg5659.pdf

Camm, Barbara L., Kenneth Ross and Gregory Scott
STC Proceedings
1993

Abstract:

PL is Product Liability -- the manufacturer's legal responsibility to provide a reasonably safe product, and to alert the customer to potentially dangerous uses of the product. PL covers three main areas -- personal injury, property damage, and economic loss.