MSUD The Product Liability and American Legal System Essay

#2: Product LiabilityYou work for a highly successful international manufacturer. Your boss is working with a
group of clients who are located overseas and are not familiar with U.S. tort law. Your
boss requests you to conduct some research on product liability. You recall from your
business classes that businesses that make, sell, or lease goods can be held liable for the
physical harm or property damage caused by those goods to consumers, users, or
bystanders.
In your report, you are to include the following information:
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Identify and discuss the four (4) elements of negligence.
Using the internet, research and analyze a legal case involving products liability.
Discuss in detail the defenses that were raised or could have been raised.
Provide your opinion on whether you believe it is fair to hold employers responsible
for the negligent acts of their employees.
Your well-written paper should be three to four pages in length, not including the title
or references pages. Include a minimum of three legal references as support for your
paper.
***Student Notes:
Maybe use case of Purdue Pharma misrepresentation of OxyContin if it fits.
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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/opioid-manufacturer-purdue-pharma-pleads-guilty-fraudand-kickback-conspiracies
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2622774/
Committee on Oversight and Reform. (2021). The role of Purdue Pharma and the
Sackler Family in the Opioid epidemic. House Hearing, 116 Congress.
Washington: From the U.S. Government Publishing Office. Retrieved Jan. 3, 2022,
from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-116hhrg43010/html/CHRG116hhrg43010.htm
Oxford, A. (2019, June 4). More states sue opioid makers alleging deceptive
marketing. Retrieved from APNews.com:
https://apnews.com/article/738bf3e450444ee29d3aea50731329b7
References:
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Chapters 3 & 13 in Business Law Today, The Essentials: Text and Summarized Cases
Klingelhöfer, H. E. (2019). Product liability as a catalyst for investments into product
safety? Journal of Global Business and Technology, 15(1), 1-23.
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https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/products_liability