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A legal defense: a maker that built a product to the government’s specifications is not liable if the government knew as much about the dangers as the maker knew or should have known.

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The government-contractor defense. A legal defense: a maker that built a product to the government’s specifications is not liable if the government knew as much about the dangers as the maker knew or should have known.

The government-contractor defense led to The 1984 Agent Orange class settlement and The Vietnamese Agent Orange lawsuit.

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