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Written Assignment II

Written Assignment II

Q Courts in the state of Swindland currently hold a manufacturer strictly liable in tort for all physical harms caused by a manufacturing defect in one of the manufacturer’s product. The Swindland state legislature will soon be voting on proposed legislation that would require courts to apply a negligence standard in determining a manufacturer’s liability for products with a manufacturing defect. (In other words, under the proposed legislation manufacturers would no longer be strictly liable for manufacturing defects, but would be liable only if they were negligent.) You are an aide to State Senator Fisher. She has asked you to draft a memo advising her on the merits of the proposed legislation. Please draft such memo in no less than 5 and no more than 10 paragraphs. Please be sure to include the following in your memo: the difference between a strict liability standard and a negligence standard, and the merits and downfalls of each standard. Your answer should be in your own words. Do not copy and paste from any other resource.

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Subject: Merits and Demerits of the Proposed Legislation. If I were an aide to State Senator Fisher, while drafting a memo advising her on the merits of the proposed legislation, I would advise her according to the difference between a strict liability standard and a negligence standard, the merits and demerits of strict liability standard and negligence standard. Difference Between a Strict Liability Standard and a Negligence Standard Strict liability is the responsibility that the small business owners are responsible for the wrongs that the products have done even the business owners had nothing to do with it. These standards are set in the business to avoid any injury that results from the negligence of the employer or the employees as well.