Question

Product Liability:

You are the retail manager of Ozark hardware and are presented with the following facts:

Marty Birdman buys an outdoor Adirondack chair from your store, Ozark Hardware. When Marty sits in the chair it crashes to the ground causing him injury. When Marty surveys the damaged chair he notices there is a missing screw that should hold the chair together. Marty also notices a sticker that says “distributed by Wyatt Industries” and a stamp that reads “manufactured by Snell.”

Discuss Marty’s legal recourse.

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