GBL 385 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Island Breeze Company designs and makes desk, window, and ceiling fans. In a product liability
suit based on negligence, Island Breeze could be liable for violating its duty of care with respect
to all of the following except
the warnings on th...
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GBL 385 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Island Breeze Company designs and makes desk, window, and ceiling fans. In a product liability
suit based on negligence, Island Breeze could be liable for violating its duty of care with respect
to all of the following except
the warnings on the labels of the fans.
a consumer's unforeseeable misuse of a fan.
the design of the fans.
the production process used to make the fans. - answer✔✔a consumer's unforeseeable misuse of
a fan.
Garden Tool Company makes chain saws. Hadrian is injured while using a Garden Tool saw and
sues the company for product liability based on negligence. To win, Hadrian must show that
Hadrian was not experienced in the use of trimmers.
Garden Tool did not use due care with respect to the trimmer.
Garden Tool used puffery in its advertising.
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Hadrian was in privity with Garden Tool. - answer✔✔Garden Tool did not use due care with
respect to the trimmer.
Negligence per se is a defense in a negligence case.
True
False - answer✔✔False
Mark is out sailing in his boat one evening when he hears a young girl crying for help in the
middle of the lake. Which of the following is true?
Mark must help the girl or he will be liable for negligence.
Mark must help the girl only if he knows her.
Mark must help the girl if he is the girl's uncle.
Mark must help the girl if he begins to rescue her and increases her danger. - answer✔✔Mark
must help the girl if he begins to rescue her and increases her danger.
A tiger gets loose from the tent of a circus and mauls a passerby. The circus claims it has always
treated the animal well and that it was not at all negligent in its handling of the animal. The
circus has no liability for the injury caused by the animal.
True
False - answer✔✔False
A widely applied test for causation in fact is the "but for" rule.
True
False - answer✔✔True
If a person's 150-pound sheep dog has a propensity to jump enthusiastically on visitors, the
animal's keeper would be liable for any damages done by the dog's playfulness.
True
False - answer✔✔True
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