LAWG 101D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Stoping, Vicarious Liability, Lead Paint
23 Jan 2018
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Products liability/ la responsabilit du fabricant: examples, ginger beer (donoghue v stevenson, vaccine (lapierre c. pg quebec, lacquer sealer (lambert v lastoplex, samsung galaxy note 7, samsung washing machine. Increasing amount of injuries caused by manufactured products: sources of defect or malfunction can be diverse, design of the product, manufacturing process, shipping/display. Instructions for use/ anticipates uses and misuses: poor explanations of the ways in which you can harm yourself with the product, manufactures must anticipate these problems and warn their customers of potential dangers, evolving technology/knowledge, changing safety expectations. If accident occurs - responding to needs and providing compensation: public law: health, compulsory insurance (automobile, workplace, vaccine, private law of obligations. 53: saskatchewan consumer protection and business protection act. If injured party is not the buyer: relationship between parties is extra contractual in nature, no recourse to contractual remedy. Can non-purchasing victim sue the manufacturer: donoghue v. stevenson, 1053 cclc/1467 ccq, 1467.
