Question 1

Under a strict product liability theory, who is considered a reasonably foreseeable party who may recover if injury is sustained?

Accepted Answer

A)   The buyer only.
B)   Only the buyer and the buyer's family.
C)   Only the buyer, the buyer's family, and the buyer's guests.
D)   Only the buyer and any one present in the buyer's home when injury is sustained.
E)   The buyer, the buyer's family, the buyer's guests, and foreseeable bystanders.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following is true regarding damages that may be recovered in negligence-based product liability cases if proven?

Accepted Answer

A)   Compensatory damages may be recovered, but punitive damages may not be recovered.
B)   Punitive damages may be recovered, but compensatory damages may not be recovered.
C)   Compensatory damages and punitive damages may be recovered.
D)   Compensatory damages, punitive damages, and administrative damages may be recovered.
E)   Compensatory damages, punitive damages, administrative damages, and manufacturing damages may be recovered.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

When all products of a particular design are defective and dangerous, those products have which of the following type of defects?

Accepted Answer

A)   Design.
B)   Warning.
C)   Primary.
D)   Exclusionary.
E)   Manufacturing.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

Upon which type of law is product liability law primarily based?

Accepted Answer

A)   Contract law.
B)   Tort law.
C)   Administrative law.
D)   Legislative law.
E)   Executive law.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following is true regarding proof of design defect?

Accepted Answer

A)   States are not in agreement as to how to establish a design defect.
B)   State law across the country is generally uniform regarding how to establish a design defect.
C)   State law is irrelevant because federal law dictates how to establish a design defect.
D)   Each local county in each state determines how a design defect will be established.
E)   Because of the amount of international trade, there are international treaties establishing for each U.S. state how design defects will be established.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

Which of the following is the type of defect most likely involved when an individual glass bottle of soda shatters in someone's hand causing a cut, although most bottles do not shatter in that manner?

Accepted Answer

A)   Design
B)   Warning
C)   Punitive
D)   Manufacturing
E)   NegligentF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 7

Which of the following was true prior to the landmark 1916 case of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Company?

Accepted Answer

A)   Negligence was rarely used as a theory of recovery for an injury caused by a defective product because of the difficulty of establishing the element of duty.
B)   Negligence was rarely used as a theory of recovery for an injury caused by a defective product because of the difficulty of establishing causation.
C)   Negligence was often used as a theory of recovery because of the ease in establishing privity of contract.
D)   Causes of actions against manufacturers of products were barred federal law.
E)   Causes of actions against manufacturers of products were barred by an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that has since been repealed.F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Exam 10: Product Liability

Under a strict product liability theory, who is considered a reasonably foreseeable party who may recover if injury is sustained?

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Which of the following is the type of defect most likely involved when an individual glass bottle of soda shatters in someone's hand causing a cut, although most bottles do not shatter in that manner?

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Upon which type of law is product liability law primarily based?

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Which of the following is true regarding damages that may be recovered in negligence-based product liability cases if proven?

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When all products of a particular design are defective and dangerous, those products have which of the following type of defects?

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Which of the following is true regarding proof of design defect?

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Which of the following was true prior to the landmark 1916 case of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Company?

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Under a strict product liability theory, who is considered a reasonably foreseeable party who may recover if injury is sustained?

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Which of the following is the type of defect most likely involved when an individual glass bottle of soda shatters in someone's hand causing a cut, although most bottles do not shatter in that manner?

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Upon which type of law is product liability law primarily based?

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Which of the following is true regarding damages that may be recovered in negligence-based product liability cases if proven?

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When all products of a particular design are defective and dangerous, those products have which of the following type of defects?

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Which of the following is true regarding proof of design defect?

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Which of the following was true prior to the landmark 1916 case of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Company?

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