Steve Is Visibly Overweight

question 49

Essay

Steve is visibly overweight.Steve goes to a store and says that he would like to buy a hammock suitable for someone like himself to sleep in.He makes it clear that it is up to the salesman to select a suitable hammock.The salesman selects a hammock that is perfectly suitable for a normally sized person but that cannot support someone of Steve's weight.Relying on the salesman's recommendation,Steve buys the hammock.After he is injured when the hammock collapses because it cannot bear his weight,Steve sues the store.Can Steve recover under the implied warranty of merchantability? What about an action under the implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose? Assume that the store is a merchant with respect to hammocks.

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