Visit the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission - https://www.cpsc.gov/ website. Click on “Recalls.” Choose one product that has been recalled. Describe the product subject to recall, inclu

Week 2 Writing Assignment


Negligent Tort


Visit the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission - https://www.cpsc.gov/ website. Click on “Recalls.” Choose one product that has been recalled.


  • Describe the product subject to recall, including the recall date, recall number, and the reason for the recall.

  • Analyze whether the manufacturer would be liable for negligence if the product had not been recalled and had caused harm to a consumer.

  • Discusses the following in relation to the product recall:

  • Duty of Care

  • Standard of Care

  • Breach of the Duty of Care

  • Actual Causation

  • Proximate Causation

  • Actual Injury

  • Defenses to Negligence

  • Analyze and apply a relevant consumer protection statute identified under “Consumer Protection” in Chapter 8 of your text in conjunction with the product recall that you have identified. Must address the topic with critical thought.

Submit a four-page paper (not including title and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style and must cite at least three scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.