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Kenneth Ross
 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kenneth Ross is one the world's most experienced and well-known lawyers practicing in the areas of product safety, product liability prevention, and regulatory compliance. He has been selected as one of the world's leading product liability lawyers (www.expertguides.com) and has been referred to in the National Law Journal as a preventive law pioneer.
In his practice, he advises U.S. and foreign manufacturers, product sellers, insurance brokers and insurance companies on ways to minimize the risk of liability, especially product and contractual liability. This advice is provided during product development as well as after sale.
Previously, he served as Assistant General Counsel for Emerson Electric Co., where he was in charge of product liability and environmental matters, and as counsel for Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Ken is a frequent writer on product liability, product safety, regulatory compliance and risk management and has lectured on these topics for over 30 years to lawyers, engineers and business people in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. See the Publications and Upcoming Events sections of this website, under What's New, for information on his upcoming seminars and links to his articles.
He is a member of the American Law Institute and was active in the development of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability. Ken has also been an adjunct professor at two law schools and co-edits a product liability blog.
- Business, Commercial and Financial Litigation
- Children and Product Liability Litigation
- Construction and Industrial Equipment
- Construction Litigation
- Drug and Medical Device Litigation
- Farm Equipment
- Product Safety and Liability Prevention
- Recreational Sports Equipment Litigation
- California, 1973
- Minnesota, 1990
- Missouri, 1987
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1974
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1998
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1974
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1977
- University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California,
1973
J.D.
- University of California, Riverside, California,
1969
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
- Manufacturers versus Component Part and Raw Material Suppliers: How to Prevent Liability, DRI Product Liability Newsletter, January, 2008
- The Duty to Warn Illiterate or Non-English-Reading Product Users, In-House Defense Quarterly (DRI), Winter, 2008
- Danger! The Legal Duty to Warn and Instruct, Risk Management Magazine, March, 2007
- Post-Sale Duties: A Minefield for Manufacturers (with George W. Soule), Defense Research Institute - In-House Quarterly Defense, Fall, 2006
- Revised Safety Label Standards Create Opportunity and Risk, Defense Research Institute, January, 2005
- Post-sale Duty to Warn Monograph, American Bar Association, February, 2004
- Adequate and Reasonable Product Recalls, For the Defense, Defense Research Institute, October, 2003
- Analyzing Manufacturer's Duties with Respect to Post -Sale Safety Improvements, Products Liability Law and Strategy, December, 2003
- Establishing an Effective Product Safety Management Program, For the Defense, Defense Research Institute, Inc., January, 2003
- Avoiding Future Problems: The Increased Duty to Take Post-Sale Remedial Action, For the Defense, Defense Research Institute, Inc., April, 2002
- Risk Assessment and Product Liability (co-author), For the Defense, Defense Research Institute, Inc., April, 2001
- A Good Accident Reporting System Can Help In Defending Product Liability Cases, Product Liability Law and Strategy, January, 2000
- The Importance of a Proactive Document Management System, For the Defense, Defense Research Institute, Inc., October, 1999
- Legally Adequate Warning Labels: A Conundrum for Every Manufacturer, For the Defense, Defense Research Institute, Inc. (DRI), October, 1998
- Why Manufacturers Need to Document Their Design Processes, Product Liability Law and Strategy, July, 1998
- U.S. Product Liability Law Undergoing Revision, (Co-author), Australian Product Liability Reporter, June, 1998
- International Products Liability Law and Standards, Managing for Products Liability Avoidance, CCH, 1996
- Post-Sale Duty to Warn: A Guide for Manufacturers, BNA Product Safety & Liability Reporter, February 2, 1996
- The Duty to Warn Illiterate and Non-English Reading Product Users, BNA Product Safety & Liability Reporter, October 13, 1995
- Medical Device Labeling: A Comprehensive Approach, Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry, January, 1994
- Ag-Growth Income Fund
- DESA
- Focus Products Group
- Heil Company
- Motorola
- Rainbow Play Systems
- SKF USA, Inc.
- Sompo Japan Risk Consulting Ltd.
- The Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
- Risk Assessment Techniques and Exercises, International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) 2008 Conference,
February 18, 2008
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February 22, 2008
- Product Liability Prevention Case Update, DRI Product Liability Committee 2008 Product Liability Conference,
February 6, 2008
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February 8, 2008
- Presentation: "An Updated Primer on CPSC Recalls and Reporting", Defense Research Institute, Product Liability Seminar, Manufacturers' Risk Prevention Breakout Session, February 2007
- Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, William Mitchell College of Law, (Spring 1999)
- Adjunct Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law,
1991
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2001
- CLE Co-Chair, Seminar on Product Liability of Manufacturers: Prevention and Defense, Practicing Law Institute,
1977
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1989
- CLE Co-Chair, Seminar on Product Warnings, Instructions and Recalls, Practicing Law Institute, 1983, 1984 and 1989
- CLE Co-Chair, Seminar on Consumer Products: Government Regulation and Product Liability, Practicing Law Institute,
1984
- CLE Co-Chair, Seminar on Product Warnings Instructions and User Information, American Bar Association, 1994 and 1996
- CLE Co-Chair, Product Liability Institute for Corporate Counsel, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996, Business Development Associates and Fulcrum Information Services
- Selected as one of the world's leading product liability lawyers, Expert Guides, Legal Media Group, 2007
- Burton Award for Legal Achievement, Legal Writing, 2007
- Profiled as a "preventive law pioneer", National Law Journal
- Outstanding Publication Award, Defense Research Institute, Inc., 2003
- American Law Institute,
1985
- Present
- Member
- Journal of Products and Toxics Liability, Pergamon Press,
1981
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1996
- Co-Editor-in-Chief
- American Bar Association,
1983
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1986
- Council Member, Section of Litigation
- American Bar Association, Chair, Committee on Corporate Counsel, Section of Litigation,
1980
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1983
- Defense Research Institute
- Product Liability Advisory Council
- International Consumer Products Health and Safety Organization
- Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, Missouri, Assistant General Counsel
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel
- Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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