Product Liability
After viewing the Chinese Imports & Food Safety (Links to an external site.) video, consider whether U.S. retailers that utilize products or raw ingredients that are imported from China and are poorly regulated should be liable in tort for injuries to consumers who are harmed by those products. Answer parts a and b of the prompt.
- For this part of the prompt, answer one of the following points:
- If U.S. companies should not be liable, then they could be legally exempt from tort liability. Discuss the consequences of such a policy to U.S. consumers.
- If the U.S. companies should be liable, then those companies would not be legally exempt from tort liability. Discuss the consequences of such a policy to U.S. businesses.
- Regardless of your response to part a, assume that U.S. retailers do have legal liability for defective products. What steps could U.S. retailers and manufacturers take when using products imported from China that would minimize their liability exposure? For example, they could warn consumers about the potential, though speculative, dangers when using products comprised of poorly regulated ingredients or components. Given your strategy, what challenges would exist for U.S. businesses that implemented your strategy?
………………..Answer Preview………………..
Tort Liabilities
Torts comprise of the branches of law that govern civil wrongs for which a court provides a solution. According to Seaquist, (2012) a tort law is aimed at providing compensation to an injured party caused by another. The U.S companies should not be exempted from tort liabilities for imported products that are turned around to be traded in the country. Importation of goods by companies from other countries is normally…..
APA
323 words
