Chapter 7

Question 1

Market-share liability

Answer 1

A court can hold each manufacturer responsible for a percentage of the plaintiffs damages that is equal to the percentage of its market share

Question 2

Product liability

Answer 2

The legal liability of manufactures sellers and lessors of goods to consumers users and bystandard for injuries or damages that are caused by the goods

Question 3

Product misuse

Answer 3

A defense against product liability that may be a raised when the plaintiff used a product in a manner not intended by the manufacture. If the misuse is a reasonable foreseeable the seller will not escape liability unless measures were taken to guard against the harm that could result from the misuse

Question 4

Statue of repose

Answer 4

Basically, a statute of limitations that is not dependent on the happening of a cause of action. Statutes of repose generally begin to run at an earlier date and run for a longer period of time then statues of limitation

Question 5

Strict liability

Answer 5

liability regardless of fault. In tort law strict liability may be imposed on defendants in cases involving abnormally dangerous activities, dangers animals, or defective products.

Question 6

Tolling

Answer 6

Temporary suspension of the running of a prescribed (Such as a statute Of limitations). For instants a statue of limitations may be told until the party surfing in an injury has discovered it or should have discovered it

Question 7

Unreasonable dangerous products

Answer 7

In product liability, a product that is defective to the point of a threatening a consumers health and safety. A product will be considered unreasonably dangerous if it is dangerous beyond the expectation of the ordinary consumer or if a less dangerous alternative was economically feasible for the manufacture but the manufacture failed to produce it