Products Liability: Misrepresentation

False statements about product safety that induce reliance create liability.

Representative cases

• Baughn v. Honda Motor Co. 727 P.2d 655 · Washington Supreme Court
• First National Bank of Louisville v. Brooks Farms 821 S.W.2d 925 · Tennessee Supreme Court
• American Safety Equipment Corp. v. Winkler 640 P.2d 216 · Supreme Court of Colorado

Related Products Liability rules

• Products Liability: Defect TypesDefects include manufacturing, design, and failure-to-warn defects.
• Manufacturing DefectA manufacturing defect deviates from intended design and makes product unreasonably dangerous.
• Design DefectDesign defects require showing safer, feasible alternative design under risk-utility test.
• Failure to WarnManufacturers must warn of foreseeable risks not obvious to ordinary users.
• Products Liability: Strict Liability ElementsStrict liability requires a commercial seller, defective product, causation, and foreseeable use.
• Products Liability: Warranty ClaimsWarranty liability arises from breach of express or implied warranties.

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