Essentials of Torts

A duty of reasonable care is owed only to those in privity with the defendant.

Len is a salesman at Warren Appliances.He tells Helen, a customer, that the washing machine she is considering is A-1 quality.She buys it.A week later, when using the washing machine, a part on the machine flies out at her, injuring her eye.

MATCHING -placing confidence in someone or something

A mass tort is a separate cause of action.

MATCHING -imposes a duty of reasonable care to foreseeable users

What are the main causes of action in a products liability case?

MATCHING -the relationship that exists between contracting parties

MATCHING -a way to apportion liability between the opposing parties

Products liability is a tort.

In a strict liability in tort case, someone who rents products in a business might be considered a seller.

Strict liability in tort cannot apply unless the defendant is found to be negligent.

MATCHING -responsibility for harm whether caused innocently, intentionally, or negligently

A product is defective if it is lacking in some particular that is essential to completeness, safety, or legal sufficiency.

Tom is a passenger in a car made by the Ford Motor company, which Ted purchased from Richardson Ford.The car met with an accident in which Tom and Ted are injured.

Misuse is a defense to strict liability in tort when the misuse is unforeseeable and extreme.

MATCHING -statement that cannot be objectively verified

In a settlement class action, the parties do not intend to litigate the claims made in the complaint because they have reached a settlement before trial.

Global peace cannot be achieved if parties opt out of a class action.

Puffing is unexpected exaggeration of quality.

Under § 402A, a product must not be unreasonably dangerous for its intended and foreseeable use.