Bob Is Shopping in Carl's Hardware Store When a Nail

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Essay

Bob is shopping in Carl's Hardware Store when a nail gun in use by Dan,one of Carl's employees,fires without warning and hits Bob in the leg.Carl checks the gun and discovers that it was assembled improperly.Bob files a suit against Eagle Tools,Inc. ,the manufacturer of the gun,for product liability,on the ground of strict liability.What are the elements for an action based on strict liability? In whose favor is the court likely to rule?

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Definitions:

Credits

Accounting entries that increase liabilities or equity or decrease assets or expenses.

Journal Entries

The recording of financial transactions into a company's accounting records, documenting the details of financial transactions that affect the financial statements.

Debit Accounts

Accounts that are increased with a debit entry, indicating either an increase in assets or expenses or a decrease in liabilities, equity, or revenue.

Credit Accounts

Accounts that are increased by credits and decreased by debits, reflecting liabilities and shareholder equity.