Exam 6: Product and Strict Liability

Which of the following statements is true about strict liability?

According to the doctrine of strict liability,which of the following parties is strictly liable for injuries caused by a defective product?

Manufacturers and sellers are strictly liable for failing to warn customers of the generally known dangers of a product.

Under the doctrine of comparative negligence,if the defendant is 50 percent responsible for injuries worth $10,000 suffered by the plaintiff,then the defendant must pay $5,000 in damages.

Bill buys a truck and replaces the regular tires with large tires to turn the vehicle into a monster truck.When he tries to drive the truck,the oversized tires cause the truck to roll over and crash.Bill then files a strict liability lawsuit against the truck manufacturer to recover for his injuries.Which of the following is the best defense for truck manufacturer in this lawsuit?

If the statute of limitations for strict liability for a particular state is two years and a plaintiff brings a product liability suit to court three years after the injury,the defendant is relieved of liability.

The doctrine of strict liability holds the manufacturers of a defective product solely liable for injuries caused by that product.

A defendant who has not been negligent but is made to pay a strict liability judgment can bring a separate action against the negligent party in the chain of distribution to recover his losses.

Clive buys a rifle from Gun Manufacturing Company and goes hunting.During the hunting expedition,he accidentally shoots himself in the foot.Which of the following would be true of this case?

Diane bought an action figure for David,her 3-year-old son,from Terrence's Toy Shop.The packaging did not mention that the toy contained small detachable parts.David accidentally swallowed and choked on one of the detachable parts and had to be taken to the hospital.On which of the following product liability charges can Diane sue Terrence's Toy Shop for damages?

Plaintiffs can allege multiple product defects in one lawsuit.

________ is a tort related to defective products in which the defendant has breached a duty of due care and caused harm to the plaintiff.

To recover for strict liability,the injured party need not show that a product was defective.

Bertha,a surgeon,performed a kidney transplant on one of her patients.The surgery was not successful and the patient did not survive.Which of the following statements is true in this case?

Failure to properly assemble a product constitutes a defect in design by the manufacturer.

Under the doctrine of strict liability,bystanders who are injured by a defective product are entitled to the same protection as the consumers or users.

A toy manufacturer sells G.I.Joe figurines containing detachable limbs and weapons that could be swallowed by small children.It can be subject to a strict liability action owing to a defect in design.

Dorothy purchases a chair made by Woode Designs Inc.While making the chair,the legs were not fixed properly to the base.When Dorothy sat on the chair,it broke and she was injured.In a strict liability lawsuit,which of the following can Dorothy cite as a defect in the chair?

A pharmaceutical company has disclosed a list of side effects of its new prescription drug.A consumer who takes the drug in the right doses suffers from one of these side effects and sues the company for product liability.Which of the following would be the pharmaceutical company's defense in this lawsuit?

________ is a doctrine that says automobile manufacturers are under a duty to design automobiles by taking into account the possibility of harm from a person's body striking something inside the automobile in the case of a car crash.