The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 9BCP
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Case summary: An individual named Su filed a lawsuit against a distributor company Sc, for distributing “unreasonably dangerous product”- a utility lighter. The person S, who lived with her four daughters A, V, Je, and Ja, alleged that the lighter she bought from Sc company was “unreasonably dangerous” as it caused her three-year-old daughter Je’s death.
To find:The expectation applied to this case is of Su or Je.
(b)
Summary Introduction
Case summary:
An individual Su filed a lawsuit against s distributor company Sc for distributing “unreasonably dangerous product”- a utility lighter. The person S, who lived with her four daughters A, V, Je, and Ja, alleged that the lighter she bought from Sc company was “unreasonably dangerous” as the lighter caused her three-year-old daughter Je’s death.
To Explain : How the court should rule.
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