BUS 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Government Contractor

• School: Elon University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 221
• Professor: Amy Allen

Document Summary

Failure to properly label can result in negligence. Privity: a relation between parties that is held to be su ciently close and direct to support a legal claim on behalf of or against another person with whom this relation exists. Warranty law: you can have a guarantee with the manufacturer that your product will be replaced if it breaks during the warranty period. Challenge for plainti : identifying which business defendant was negligent. Fraud is more along the lines of misrepresentation. Negligence is more along the lines of accidentals. Common types of defects: defects in manufacture, defects in design, defects in packaging, failure to warn. Assumption of the risk (only in negligence cases) All you have to do (as the defendant) is poke a hole in one of the plainti s claims and then you can disprove their claims. Strict liability exists when there is liability without fault: abnormally dangerous activity. For strict liability you cannot claim unintentional tort.