Products Liability Flashcards

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Strict Product Liability

A

(a) Product defective (broken/doesn’t work) when it left factory, sold by seller engaged in business of selling product (commercial seller);
(b) sold to foreseeable user (can also be foreseeable of purchaser);
(c) who used it in manner it was intended

  • can sue anyone in chain

*Question will tell you who is NOT a foreseeable user

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2
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Inadequate Warning

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Aka Failure to Warn
Another version of strict product liability

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3
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Product Liability - Negligence

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Someone in chain of selling (i.e. Retailer, manufacturer, etc.) failed to do something they were supposed to do

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Products Liability - Warranty

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There was a label, sticker, something in writing promising how product would work

  • should be obvious
  • NEVER implied
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