Who Cares About Negligence?
While going through some old CDs, I stumbled upon an essay I wrote for college on April 3, 2003. The title was particularly intriguing, and it might be the best part of the work - although I will allow you to be the judge. I cannot recall for what or whom it was written or what grade it got. Since I haven't posted anything new here in a while ... here is something. Who is responsible for consumer negligence? If we can define a negligent consumer as one who is irresponsible, then by definition it is not the company. We also cannot always hold manufacturers responsible for so-called “foreseeable but unintended harm” caused by their products. So, that leaves us in a legal no-man’s land of product liability, which seems to be precisely where we belong. The 2003 version of the Porsche 911 Turbo is advertised as a car to “leave the rush hour behind.” According to the company, the car ha...