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Jason, an experienced snowboarder, purchased a new snowboard from Hot Sports, Inc., a sporting goods store. Fast Boards Co manufactured the snowboard. Jason went to Hills Resort to try out his new snowboard. After 3 runs on the slopes, Jason’s snowboard suddenly split apart causing him to fall and break a leg.
Determine which of the following illustrates from whom Jason could possibly recover damages for his injuries.
a. Fast for strict product liability, including negligence, if the snowboard was defective, so long as Jason’s own negligence was not the actual cause of his injury.
b. Hot for strict product liability, including negligence, if the snowboard was proven to be defective.
c. Hills for ordinary negligence if the cause of Jason’s snowboard splitting apart is proven to be the result of negligent maintenance of the slopes by Hills.
d. Any of the above could possibly be a legitimate basis of recovery for damages, but a., b., and c. above could not simultaneously provide a basis for recovery for damages.
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