business law

21. In order to recover in a products liability case based on strict liability, the plaintiff must prove that the product had a defect: . That was caused by the defendant. b. Of any type. c. That made the product unreasonably dangerous. -d. That affected the value of the product e. That the defendant knew existed. 22. A public policy reason for imposing strict product liability on all in the chain of distribution is: c. Consi 2. These parties are able to insure against product liability costs. b. These parties should be punished for putting dangerous products on the market. Consumers should be able to choose dangerous products if they want to d. Negligence was making it too easy for plaintiffs to recover. Based on the law of products liability, which of the following is correct? 23. A. b. C. A manufacturer should design its product to take into account foreseeable misuse. A manufacturer should design its product to take into account all possible misuse, A manufacturer should design its products to take into account all possible misuse by the initial purchaser, but need not worry about misuse by other users. A manufacturer need only take into account the intended use of its products. d. 24. Sam, who weighs 250 pounds, calls his 110-pound girlfriend, Alice, one morning while she is af work. He says, "You are to stay in your office until midnight. If you come to my house before midnight, I will make you sorry that you did." Assuming that Alice usually leaves her office at 5 p.m. but stays until midnight that night because of the threat, if Alice files a false imprisonment case against Sam, a court most likely will find that: 2. There was false imprisonment because Sam's threat forced Alice to stay in the office. There was no false imprisonment because Sam and Alice previously knew one another.. c. There was no false imprisonment because Alice could have left the office and stayed away from Sam's house, and because the threat related to future harm. There was no false imprisonment because Alice's office was not a prison, even though it might feel like one to Alice