Reference no: EM133263045

John is mowing his yard. He is using a new lawn mower. The lawn mower is defective and the blade flies out from under the mower and like a boomerang it hits his neighbor Michael, injuring him. Michael cannot sue the manufacturer of the lawnmower for product liability because he was neither the user nor the purchaser

True or False

The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that because of the seriousness of a possible criminal conviction, criminal defendants have a Constitutional right to discovery.

true or false

A law that places an outer limit on product liability actions, would usually date from the date of sale or manufacture, not when the product is put into use or the injury occurs, is called?

A manufacturer has a duty to warn of dangers associated with reasonably foreseeable misuse of a product

true or false

Jane takes her 45-pound Goldendoodle (dog) Trooper to the neighborhood dog park. There are several dogs there. Two or three of the other dogs begin to play. Trooper is in that group. Riley, owned by one of the dogs in the group, begins to growl and his hair goes up. Riley is owned by Betty. Riley grabs Trooper by the neck and bites him causing a puncture wound. Jane has to take Riley to the Vet and the treatment costs $545.00. Jane wants to sue Betty for the cost of the Vet. In order to sue for the strict liability of the owner of a domestic animal, Jane will have to show:

Bob works for Kroger. He is putting cooking oils on the shelf and accidentally drops a bottle that breaks and causes an oil spill on the floor. He is afraid to tell his boss, so he says nothing. Mary is shopping at Kroger and going down the aisle where the oil is spilled. She sees the oil but decides that in order to get the product she wants she will need to walk through the oil. She slips on the oil, injures herself, and sues Kroger for negligence. Kroger's best defense will be: