Negligent Tort

Week2WritingAssignment.docx

Week 2 Writing Assignment

Negligent Tort

Visit the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission - https://www.cpsc.gov/ website. Click on “Recalls.” Choose one product that has been recalled.

· Describe the product subject to recall, including the recall date, recall number, and the reason for the recall.

· Analyze whether the manufacturer would be liable for negligence if the product had not been recalled and had caused harm to a consumer.

· Discusses the following in relation to the product recall:

· Duty of Care

· Standard of Care

· Breach of the Duty of Care

· Actual Causation

· Proximate Causation

· Actual Injury

· Defenses to Negligence

· Analyze and apply a relevant consumer protection statute identified under “Consumer Protection” in Chapter 8 of your text in conjunction with the product recall that you have identified. Must address the topic with critical thought.

Submit a four-page paper (not including title and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style and must cite at least three scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.