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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.
Inadequate Warning
Sometimes, a manufacturer doesn’t warn the user of a product’s hazards. Simply putting a warning in a little instruction book or label might not be enough. The warning must adequately inform the user of the hazards.
Implied Warranties
Not stated outright by the manufacturer or the seller. For example, you might have an Implied Warranty of Merchantability, which promises that your product is good for its ordinary purpose.
Seller
A person who sells or contracts to sell goods. UCC 2-103(1)(d)
Punitive Damages
This term refers to damages awarded to a plaintiff over and above compensatory damages, designed to punish the defendant for particularly outrageous and malicious conduct, and to serve as a deterrent to others.
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.
Negligence
Negligence occurs when someone breaches some sort of duty to another person, causing some kind of injury to that person.
Summary Judgment
In a civil action, any party may make this procedural motion, after the Discovery phase, to dispose of the suit before trial has begun.
Express Warranties
Promises stated outright by the manufacturer or seller. They are usually in advertisements or on a product’s packaging.
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
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