Thomas Holdych

Biography

Professor Holdych is a former associate in the firm of O'Melveny and Meyers and has written in the areas of commercial law, consumer protection, and tort liability. He joined the faculty in 1972.

Book Chapters

Washington Consumer Protection Act, in Washington Commercial Law Deskbook (Washington State Bar Association 1995 revision) (with Philip R. Meade).

Washington Consumer Protection Act, in Washington Commercial Law Deskbook (Washington State Bar Association 1982 looseleaf).

Washington Retail Installment Sales Act in Washington Commercial Law Deskbook (Washington State Bar Association 1982 looseleaf).

Articles

A Seller’s Responsibilities to Remote Purchasers for Breach of Warranty in the Sales of Goods under Washington Law, 28 Seattle U. L. Rev. 239 (2005).

Warranties and Conditions in the Sale of Goods: A Market Based Assessment of English and European Community Warranty Law, 209 Cambrian L. Rev. 73 (1998).

When Lemons are Better than Lemonade: The Case Against Mandatory Used Car Warranties, 15 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 1 (1996) (with Bruce Mann).

Jim Beaver, the Founding Member of this Law School, 19 Seattle U. L. Rev. xi (1996).

The Basis of the Bargain Requirement: A Market and Economic Based Analysis of Express Warranties—Getting What You Pay for and Paying for What You Get, 45 DePaul L. Rev. 781 (1996) (with Bruce Mann).

Standards for Establishing Deceptive Conduct Under State Deceptive Trade Practices Statutes that Impose Punitive Remedies, 73 Or. L. Rev. 235 (1994).

Individual Negotiation of Warranty Disclaimers: An Economic Analysis of a Presumably Market Enhancing Rule, 13 U. Puget Sound L. Rev. 237 (1990) (with George Ferrell).

Tribute to David M. Roberts, 7 U. Puget Sound L. Rev. xiv (1984).

Tribute to Fred Tausend, 9 U. Puget Sound L. Rev. 461 (1986).

Pharmaceutical Companies' Liability Under State Deceptive Trade Practices Statutes, Leader's Product Liability Law and Strategy.

The Presumption of Negligence Rule of California: The Common Law and Evidence Code Section 668, 11 Pacific L.J. 907 (1980).