BUS 670 Legal Environment

Negligent Tort

Visit the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission website. Click on “Recalls.” Choose one product that has been recalled.

Describe the product subject to recall, including the recall date, recall number, and the reason for the recall.
Analyze whether the manufacturer would be liable for negligence if the product had not been recalled and had caused harm to a consumer.
Discusses the following in relation to the product recall:
Duty of Care
Standard of Care
Breach of the Duty of Care
Actual Causation
Proximate Causation
Actual Injury
Defenses to Negligence
Analyze and apply a relevant consumer protection statute identified under “Consumer Protection” in Chapter 8 of your text in conjunction with the product recall that you have identified. Must address the topic with critical thought.

Submit a four- to five-page paper (not including title and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide and must cite at least three scholarly sources in addition to the textbook

Seaquist, G. (2012). Business law for managers. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc

This text is a Constellation™ course digital materials (CDM) title.

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Introduction

Consumer protection is something that the government has always emphasized and that’s why most or all products must be subjected to tests to determine if they are quality or should be banned from the market. Many governments have bureau of standards that evaluate the products worthiness and if the products are fit to be released to the market. Therefore, if a product does not meet the standards that have been set then the government has no option than to ban it from the market because it poses danger to the final consumer and it is the duty of the government to protect the consumer.

Product Subject to Recall

The product that we shall address is the egg laying chicken toy. The recall number of the egg laying chicken toy is 16-770. It…..

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