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Business Law – Case Study

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This paper seeks to respond to given exercises on negligence cause of action and strict liability cause of action.

1.  Exercise: What are the elements in a negligence cause of action? How is actual cause different from proximate cause? What are the defenses?

The elements in a negligence cause of action include the following: (1) There must be a duty on the part of the defendant to use ordinary care; (2) There defendant must have breached that duty required; (3) There must a causal connection that is proximate between the negligent and injury complained of by the plaintiff; and (4) There is damage done to the plaintiff (Budd v. Nixen (1971) 6 Cal 3d 195, 200).

An actual cause is different from proximate cause. The first one is not element of the cause of action for negligence while the other is an element.  For example, the actual cause may be contributory negligence of the plaintiff but such will not excuse the defendant from liability if plaintiff can prove proximate cause along with all the other elements of the cause of action.

The defenses include presentation of a proof or proofs of the absence of any or all of elements of the cause of action for negligence by defendant.

2. Exercise: What must a Plaintiff establish in a strict liability cause of action? What types of activities will cause strict liability to be imposed?

A plaintiff must establish the fact that the defendant is engaged in activity or activities which could make such defendant liable under a strict liability cause of action. There is strict liability when the plaintiff needs not prove negligence of the defendant. Thus, this makes strict liability different from common law negligence.

The activities that could produce strict liabilities include placing a defective product in the market by the manufacturer, which could produce injuries to users who do not need to prove negligence.  Another activity is selling by wholesalers, distributors or retailers of the defective product as placed by the manufacturer above (Codling v. Paglia, 32 NY2d 330, 335).

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