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Christian was visiting his cousin Frankie at Frankie's new apartment. Christian, feeling thirsty, asked Frankie if he had anything to drink. Frankie told him yes
Christian was visiting his cousin Frankie at Frankie's new apartment. Christian, feeling thirsty, asked Frankie if he had anything to drink. Frankie told him yes and got Christian a bottle of Pepsi that he had bought at Rite Aid. Christian started to open the old style glass bottle and it shattered in his hand severely cutting him and requiring 25 stitches to repair his hand. The bottle had been part of an error at the Pepsi manufacturing plant that caused the glass to be more fragile and likely to break than usual. However, this defect was not visible and Pepsi, Rite Aid and Frankie did not behave negligently in causing or not noticing the defect. Christian decides to sue Pepsi and Rite Aid. (a) Does Christian have a claim against Pepsi? Explain fully. (b) Does Christian have a claim against Rite Aid? Explain fully
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