Which of the Following Was True Prior to the Landmark

question 76

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was true prior to the landmark 1916 case of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Company?

• A) Negligence was rarely used as a theory of recovery for an injury caused by a defective product because of the difficulty of establishing the element of duty.
• B) Negligence was rarely used as a theory of recovery for an injury caused by a defective product because of the difficulty of establishing causation.
• C) Negligence was often used as a theory of recovery because of the ease in establishing privity of contract.
• D) Causes of actions against manufacturers of products were barred under federal law.
• E) Causes of actions against manufacturers of products were barred by an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that has since been repealed.

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Definitions:

Voltage-Gated Channel

A type of protein channel in cell membranes that opens or closes in response to changes in electrical membrane potential.

Synaptic Vesicle

Secretory vesicle in the presynaptic terminal containing neurotransmitter substances.

Chemical Synapse

A specialized junction at which a neuron communicates with a target cell across a synaptic cleft using chemical messengers.

Presynaptic Terminal

The end of a nerve fiber where the release of chemicals (neurotransmitters) occurs, enabling the transfer of the signal to another neuron's receptor site.