Fact Pattern 3-1 Amanda Is a Twenty-Four Year Old Student. for Two Years

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Fact Pattern 3-1
Amanda is a twenty-four year old student. For two years Amanda has been going to gym and using weight equipment, stationary bicycles, and step machines to improve muscle tone. One spring afternoon Amanda was using a weight machines in the usual way (and the way she was showed how to use it) , when the machine malfunctioned causing her serious injury. The company that made the machine, Musclematic, has known for the past year that this problem existed, but the company took no steps to warn people who owned or used these machines of the problem.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 3-1. Because Musclematic is a business, if Amanda files suit against them, the case is:

• A) likely to be over rather quickly
• B) likely to require use of many documents and exhibits
• C) likely to result in a small jury award
• D) likely to be appealed before the trial is over
• E) none of the other choices

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