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Liability Rules Applicable To Product Sellers, Renters, And Lessors Product Sellers, Rentors, And Lessors Will Be Liable

Liability Rules Applicable to Product Sellers, Renters, and Lessors.Product sellers, rentors, and lessors will be liable only for their own failures and misdeeds: a product seller, rentor, or lessor is liable if the harm that is the subject of the action was caused by (i) his failure to exercise reasonable care, (ii) his intentional wrongdoing, or (iii) the product's failure to conform to his express warranty; failure to inspect the product will not constitute failure to exercise reasonable care if there was no opportunity to inspect the product or an inspection wouldn't have revealed the problem; product sellers are liable as manufacturers if the manufacturer is judgment-proof or not subject to service of process, in which case the statute of limitations is tolled until judgment is entered against the manufacturer; and rentors and lessors are not liable solely by reason of ownership. 104. Defense Based on Claimant's Use of Alcohol. It is a complete defense in a product liability action if the claimant was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and, as a result, was more than 50 percent responsible for the harm.

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	At the end of 2002, CPSC had reports of 5,239 ATV related deaths Deaths and injuries associated with all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) have shown an increasing trend in the last several years. This was an increase of 698 deaths from 2001. These additional reported deaths occurred during the years 1999 to 2002. Of these reported fatalities, about one-third were children under 16 years old. Fourteen percent were under 12.