Author Question: A customer purchases canned food which, contrary to the expiration date stamped on it, has gone ... (Read 54 times)

D2AR0N · **on:** Aug 2, 2018

A customer purchases canned food which, contrary to the expiration date stamped on it, has gone
bad and is no longer fit to eat. The retailer had bought the food from a wholesaler, who had bought it
from the manufacturer. If the customer does not realize that the food is tainted and gets so sick as to
be hospitalized, the customer could most effectively sue the retailer under a theory of

A) strict liability
B) fraud
C) intentional infliction of emotional distress
D) privity of contract

Question 2

One way a court may determine whether a defendant should be held responsible in strict liability
is to

A) determine whether the defendant proximately caused the plaintiff's injury
B) look at whether the defendant exercised due care
C) establish that the risk of injury was reasonably foreseeable
D) see whether the risk outweighs the social utility