Product Liability Terms and Definitions

Service bulletin Allows dealers to repair the problem at no cost to the customer even if the warranty has expired. A service bulletin notifies the dealer of the problem and how to resolve it. Distributor Retailer and all middlepersons (learned intermediary, R3d Torts) Advertising The act of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcement. State of the Art At the time of manufacture, your product was produced using the highest level of scientific and technical knowledge available. Unanticipated, Unforeseeable, or Unintended Use The product was NOT used in the way it was intended to be used. Or, the manufacturer had no way of knowing that a certain person could access the product. Design Defect If the actual design of a product makes it unreasonably dangerous, then every product with that design is defective. For example, the poor design of the Ford Pinto is what made it defective, and because the design was common to all Pintos, they were all defective in design. Manufacturing Defect When one particular product out of many like products has a flaw that makes it unreasonably dangerous, it is said to have a manufacturing defect. Torts law A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident. Lemon laws Help protect consumers by requiring a refund or replacement if a substantial problem is not fixed within a reasonable number of attempts or if the vehicle has been out of service for a certain number of days BREACH OF WARRANTY If these warranties are breached (if the promises are broken or if the defendants have misrepresented something), then you may claim the theory of Breach of Warranty.

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	420,000 Bowflex fitness machines by Nautilus Direct could be dangerous Nautilus Direct and CPSC have received at least 70 reports of the backboard benches breaking, resulting in at least 59 back, neck and shoulder injuries. Nautilus Direct has received at least 18 reports of the "Lat Tower" rotating forward and falling, resulting in at least 14 back, neck, shoulder, teeth, nose and head injuries, some of which required stitches.