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Question

1. The Elle Corporation manufactures fingernail polish. Suzy buys a container of Elle's fingernail polish, applies it to her nails, and suffers a severe allergic reaction. She sues Elle under the implied warranty of merchantability. In order for Suzy to recover, she will have to prove that:

A. The nail polish she bought improperly performed its function of coloring one's nails.

B. The ingredient causing the reaction was foreign to the nail polish.

C. The nail polish she bought was unsuitable for the needs of the average consumer.

D.The product was not fit for the ordinary purpose for which the product would be normally used.

2. The twentieth century product liability law is best characterized by the phrase:

• laissez-faire.

• caveat venditor.

• res ipsa loquitur.

• Socialization of risk

• caveat emptor.

3. The twentieth-first century product liability law is best characterized by the phrase:

• laissez-faire.

• Socialization of risk

• res ipsa loquitur.

• caveat emptor.

• caveat venditor.