Negligent Tort

Visit the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. website. Click on “Recalls.” Choose one product that has been recalled.

1. Describe the product subject to recall, including the recall date, recall number, and the reason for the recall.
2. Analyze whether the manufacturer would be liable for negligence if  the product had not been recalled and had caused harm to a consumer.
3. Discusses the following in relation to the product recall:
4. Duty of Care
5. Standard of Care
6. Breach of the Duty of Care
7. Actual Causation
8. Proximate Causation
9. Actual Injury
10. Defenses to Negligence
11. 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 three to fourpage paper (not including title and  reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as  outlined in the approved APA style guide and must cite at least three  scholarly sources in addition to the textbook

 Please read the following chapters in: Business law for managers:   

• Chapter 6: Criminal Law
• Chapter 7: Intentional Torts
• Chapter 8: Negligence, Strict Liability, and Product Liability

 Chinese Imports & Food Safety - PBS Newshour (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.- YouTube. (n.d.). YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Retrieved October 19, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BKe70AAU_lc 

 United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. (www.cpsc.gov/)