Justin Buys a Computer from a Retailer and His Son

question 1

Multiple Choice

Justin buys a computer from a retailer and his son is injured when the glass on the monitor shatters while he is using it.He sues the wholesaler only and the jury determines that this was a manufacturing defect that existed when the computer left the factory and caused the son's injury.The jury determined that the wholesaler was only 5-percent responsible,the retailer 20-percent,and the manufacturer 75-percent.Justin can:

• A)Recover the full amount of his damages from the wholesaler.
• B)Recover only 5 percent of his damages from the wholesaler.
• C)Recover 20 percent from the retailer,but none from the parties he did not deal with.
• D)Not recover because he (the son)was not the one who bought the computer.

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Definitions:

Distributive Property

A property that allows one to multiply a single term by each term within a parenthesis in a sum or difference.

Real Numbers

The set of all rational and irrational numbers, including all numbers that can be written as a decimal.

Associative Property

A mathematical principle stating that the way in which terms are grouped in an operation (addition or multiplication) does not change the result.

Addition

The mathematical operation that combines two or more quantities into a single sum.