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Secret warranties
In dealing with defects in autos & new car parts sometimes free repairs are not publicized, they are called "secret warranties." Some states have passed laws requiring vehicle owners be notified of secret warranties.
Unjust Enrichment
The general principle of unjust enrichment is that one person should not be able unjustly to enrich himself at the expense of another.
US CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, they monitor products and issue recalls
Design Defect
If the actual design of a product makes it unreasonably dangerous, then every product with that design is defective. For example, the poor design of the Ford Pinto is what made it defective, and because the design was common to all Pintos, they were all defective in design.
Torts law
A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
Goods
All things (including specially manufactured goods) which are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale other than the money in which the price is to be paid
Negligence
Negligence occurs when someone breaches some sort of duty to another person, causing some kind of injury to that person.
Manufacturing Defect
When one particular product out of many like products has a flaw that makes it unreasonably dangerous, it is said to have a manufacturing defect.
Lead Poisoning
Paints & outdoor play products, since lead poisoning symptoms does not break down naturally, it can be present in your home's dust, paint or soil, or in your drinking water or your food until it is removed.
Warranties
Fitness and merchantability The two most important warranties created by U.C.C. Article 2 are the warranty of merchantability (2-314) and the warranty of fitness for a particular purpose (2-315). The warranty of merchantability is a promise that the goods are fit for the ordinary purpose for which goods of that type are used.
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