Question

Custom Ceramics Corporation makes ceramic products for commercial uses, including heat-resistant tiles for industrial ovens. When damage occurs in an oven at Duramold Plastics, Inc., liability may be imposed on Custom Ceramics if the tiles sold to Duramold were​
A) in perfect condition at the time of their saleB) damaged by their use.C) substantially changed after their sale.D) in a defective condition that was the proximate cause of the damage.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is the option D: in a defective condition that was proximate cause of the damage.

Explanation:

In the case that the product sold by the Custom Ceramics Corporation was in a defective condition at the time of the sale and that particular circumstance was proximate cause of the damage inflected in an oven at Duramold Plastics then the liability may be imposed on the organization that sold that product in bad conditions that turned out in unpleasent events that the other company had to go through. That is why if the tiles were in a defective condition then Duramold Plastics could imposed liability to Custom Ceramics.