Overview
The Nexis Unidatabase in the UAGC Library would be a useful source of information for this purpose
Visit the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissionwebsite. Select “Recalls.” Choose one product that has been recalled.
In your paper,
Describe the product subject to recall, including the recall date, recall number, and the reason for the recall.
Analyze whether the manufacturer or any other parties would be liable for negligence if the product had not been recalled and had caused harm to a consumer. This should include a discussion of the following elements of negligence:
Duty of care
Breach of the duty of care
Actual causation
Proximate causation
- Actual injury
- Analyze if a potential lawsuit could involve a claim of product liability. How would this differ from a claim of negligence?
Discuss if the manufacturer or any other parties associated with the recall product would have a defense to claim of negligence or product liability.
- Analyze a consumer protection statute identified under “Consumer Protection” in Chapter 8 of your text that is relevant to the product recall that you have identified.
- Explain how this statute applies to the product involved.
- The Consumer Safety paper
- must be 4 to 5 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word resource.
- must include a separate title page with the following in title case:
- title of assignment in bold font
- Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
- student’s name
- name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
course name and number
instructor’s name
- due date
must utilize academic voice.
Review the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance.
must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.