Product Liability and Common Law Negligence Quiz
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Under the 'narrow rule' of duty of care in common law negligence, a defendant can be considered a 'manufacturer' if they:

  • are responsible for selling the product to the consumer
  • are not directly involved in the production or sale of the product
  • only manufacture the product without any further involvement
  • work in some way on a product before it reaches the consumer (correct)
  • In the context of common law negligence, the duty of care extends to items supplied with the product, such as:

  • packaging and labels (correct)
  • gifts that come with the product
  • business cards of the manufacturer
  • product manuals
  • In the case Andrews v Hopkinson [1957], even the supplier was found to owe a duty of care in negligence because:

  • the defective steering could easily have been discovered by a competent mechanic (correct)
  • the supplier was directly involved in manufacturing the defective product
  • the supplier had no knowledge about the defect/danger of the product
  • the supplier had no obligation to inspect or test the products supplied
  • According to common law negligence, who can be considered a 'consumer'?

    <p>anyone who comes into contact with the product, even if they neither bought nor used it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The duty of care under the 'narrow rule' in common law negligence can be extended to include:

    <p>repairers and installers of products</p> Signup and view all the answers

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