Background
Hardie, Junior, William H. was born on March 1, 1938 in New York, New York, United States.
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William H. Hardie, Junior.
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Yale University (Bachelor of Engineering, 1959). University of Virginia (Bachelor of Laws, 1963).
Career
Worked at Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon and Harris, Limited liability company (Mobile, Alabama) specializing in Civil Litigation, Products Liability Law. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Virginia. 1964, New York and United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1966, Alabama; 1967, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1970, United States. Supreme Court. 1981, United States.
Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review, 1961-1963.
Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, New York, 1963-1966. Author: "The Remains of Negligent Inspection in Alabama," 39 Alabama Lawyer 267, 1978.
"Use of Expert Witnesses in Product Warning Cases," 18 Product Safety and Liability Reporter BNA 895, 928, August 10, 17, 1990.
"Can Experts Evaluate the Effectiveness of Warnings?" Foreign The Defense 14, October, 1991. "Foreseeability: A Murky Crystal Ball Foreign Predicting Liability," 23 Cumb. Law Review 349, 1993; Reprinted in 42 Defense Law Journal 713, 1993.
"A Critical Analysis Of On-Product Warning Theory," 22 Product Safety and Liability Reporter (BNA) 145, February 11, 1994.
Reprinted in Products Liability Handbook, New York State Bar Ass"n (North.A. Goldberg, Education 1997) "Liability Of Professionals Foreign Negligent Certification," 55 Alabama Lawyer 226, 1994. "Confronting Foreseeability In Products Litigation," Foreign The Defense 4, October 1994.
"Cross-Examination Of Plaintiff"s Warnings Expert," Dirty Rotten Imbeciles Monograph, Defense Perspectives On Product Warnings, 1994. "Scare Tactics: Motivating Warning Compliance," 23 Product Safety and Liability Reporter (BNA) 935, September 1, 1995.
"Use of Product Warning Labels as a Reminder," 24 Product Safety and Liability Reporter (BNA) 739 August 9, 1996.
Member: Mobile County, New York State, Virginia State and American (Member, Section on: Litigation. Tort and Insurance Practice. Antitrust Law) Bar Associations.
Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Antitrust and Business Torts Section, 1986-1987).
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Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review, 1961-1963. Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, New York, 1963-1966.
