Design Defect Risk Utility
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Torts1
Example wrong choices
20997_ark-bomb · TORTS · Choice Anot prevail, because Peter's negligence was the cause in fact of Daniel's injury.
Why it's attractive
The choice says Peter's negligence was the cause in fact — but the call is about strict liability, and the question is whether the product was defective, not who caused the injury.
Why it's wrong
The choice says Peter's negligence was the cause in fact — but the call is about strict liability, and the question is whether the product was defective, not who caused the injury.
20997_ark-bomb · TORTS · Choice Cprevail, because the archery set did not contain a warning that its arrows could cause serious bodily harm or death if fired at a person.
Why it's attractive
The choice points to the missing warning — but the misuse (shooting at a person) was not a reasonably foreseeable use of a target-archery set.
Why it's wrong
The choice points to the missing warning — but the misuse (shooting at a person) was not a reasonably foreseeable use of a target-archery set.
20997_ark-bomb · TORTS · Choice Dprevail, because manufacturers of archery equipment are engaged in an abnormally dangerous activity.
Why it's attractive
The choice invokes 'abnormally dangerous activity' — that's a land-use doctrine, not a products liability doctrine.
Why it's wrong
The choice invokes 'abnormally dangerous activity' — that's a land-use doctrine, not a products liability doctrine.
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