Contract Disputes and Torts 1. An engineering rm has developed a new wood product for residential construction. The product has performed well in thorough lab tests and appears to provide high performance at a low cost, however, it has not been used previouslyr on anyr projects. Upon the engineering firm's suggestion and assurance of reasonable performance, an owner allows the product to be used on a new apartment complex that the firm is designing. Within six months after project completion, the product is found to be inadequate and severe cracks form throughout the complex in the loadbearing walls on which the product was used. This occurred even though the contractor's workmanship, materials, and efforts were consistent with the standard construction practice for such an application. 1Would the engineering rm be required to compensate the owner for the problems caused in the structure by the product? '3.th or 'I.?I.rh"_5..r not