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. To win against Musclematic, Amanda must prove that the machine caused her injuries:

• A) beyond a shadow of a doubt
• B) by a preponderance of the evidence
• C) by all due means
• D) with good intent
• E) with equitable intent

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Definitions:

Door-in-the-face Technique

A persuasion strategy where a large, unreasonable request is made first and, if refused, a smaller, more reasonable request is made.

Social Loafing

The occurrence in which people put in less effort towards reaching a goal while working as part of a team compared to when working by themselves.

Social Facilitation

The tendency for people to perform differently, usually better, on tasks when they are in the presence of others compared to when they are alone.

Goof-off Phenomenon

The tendency to reduce effort and productivity in group settings due to the perceived diffusion of personal responsibility.