Chapter 12 Pt2

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Understanding Product Liability Law

Test your knowledge on key concepts of product liability and consumer protection laws with our engaging quiz! This quiz covers various concepts including merchantability, warranty disclaimers, and liability principles.

Sharpen your understanding of important legal principles that govern product safety and consumer rights.

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Consumer Expectation Test

A test to determine merchantability based on what the average consumer would expect to find in food products

A test to determine merchantability based on foreign objects that are found in food

A warranty that arises where a seller or lessor warrants that the goods will meet the buyer’s or lessee’s expressed needs

Foreign Substance Test

A test to determine merchantability based on foreign objects that are found in food

A test to determine merchantability based on what the average consumer would expect to find in food products

A warranty that arises where a seller or lessor warrants that the goods will meet the buyer’s or lessee’s expressed needs

Implied Warranty of Fitness for a Particular Purpose

A warranty that arises where a seller or lessor warrants that the goods will meet the buyer’s or lessee’s expressed needs

A test to determine merchantability based on foreign objects that are found in food

A test to determine merchantability based on what the average consumer would expect to find in food products

Compensatory Damages:

Damages that are generally equal to the difference between the value of the goods as warranted and the actual values of the goods accepted at the time and place of acceptance

All implied warranties of quality may be disclaimed by expressions like as is, with all faults, or other language that makes it clear to the buyer that there are no implied warranties

A warranty that arises where a seller or lessor warrants that the goods will meet the buyer’s or lessee’s expressed needs

Warranty Disclaimers: pick 2

If an express warranty is made, it can only be limited if the disclaimer and the warranty can he reasonably construed with each other

All implied warranties of quality may be disclaimed by expressions like as is, with all faults, or other language that makes it clear to the buyer that there are no implied warranties

Construed by the courts as noticeable to a reasonable person

A test to determine merchantability based on what the average consumer would expect to find in food products

Conspicuous

Construed by the courts as noticeable to a reasonable person

A warranty that arises where a seller or lessor warrants that the goods will meet the buyer’s or lessee’s expressed needs

A test to determine merchantability based on what the average consumer would expect to find in food products

Intentional misrepresentation

A buyer or lessee who is injured because a seller or lessor fraudulently misrepresented the quality of a product can sue the seller under the tort

Construed by the courts as noticeable to a reasonable person

A test to determine merchantability based on what the average consumer would expect to find in food products

A warranty that arises where a seller or lessor warrants that the goods will meet the buyer’s or lessee’s expressed needs

Negligence

A tort related to defective products where the defendant has breached a duty of care and caused harm to the plaintiff

Construed by the courts as noticeable to a reasonable person

All parties in the chain of distribution of a defective product are strictly liable for the injuries caused by that product

Strict Liability: Chain of Distribution

All parties in the chain of distribution of a defective product are strictly liable for the injuries caused by that product

Construed by the courts as noticeable to a reasonable person

Parties Who Can Recover: Pick 3

Privity of contract is not required for a plaintiff to sue for strict liability

The doctrine applies even if the injured party had no contractual relations with the defendant

The damages recoverable in a strict liability action vary by jurisdiction

All parties in the chain of distribution of a defective product are strictly liable for the injuries caused by that product

Construed by the courts as noticeable to a reasonable person

Chapter 12 Pt2

Understanding Product Liability Law

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