The English Common Law allows for only negligence as a viable theory for product liability. This meant that the injured party had the burden to prove that the product was produced negligently or provided without necessary warnings to the person or person who purchased the product. Originally, only a party who purchased the product could make such a claim, not a bystander and not any other user harmed by the product. What problems or limitations, if any, do you see with this original common law framework? What role, if any, has technology played to change these original limitations?

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Answer The original common law framework for product liability which only allowed negligence as a viable theory had several limitations and problems Some of these issues include 1Bystanders and NonPur... View the full answer