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26) Which entities may be sued in product liability actions? A) Retailers and wholesalers but not manufacturers. B) Retailers and manufacturers but not wholesalers. C) Manufacturers but not retailers or wholesalers. D) Retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. E) Wholesalers and manufacturers but not retailers. 27) Which of the following entities are considered foreseeable plaintiffs in product liability cases? A) Users, consumers and bystanders. B) Users but not consumers or bystanders. C) Users and consumers but not bystanders. D) The purchaser only. E) The purchaser and the purchaser’s immediate family only. 28) Which of the following do courts often consider in determining whether a manufacturer was negligent in failing to warn? A) The likelihood of the injury only. B) The likelihood of the injury and the seriousness of the injury but not the ease of warning. C) The seriousness of the injury only. D) The likelihood of the injury, the seriousness of the injury, and the ease of warning. E) The ease of warning only. 29) What was the result on appeal of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco case in the text in which the trial court awarded a smoker approximately $200,000 against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco? A) The appellate court reversed the award because consumers were harmed only when they misused the product. B) The appellate court affirmed the award, even though the product was misused. C) The appellate court affirmed the award against R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, which before 1969 had negligently failed to warn smokers of the harm associated with smoking cigarettes. D) The appellate court reversed the award because harm from smoking cigarettes was unforeseeable. E) The appellate court reversed the award, finding the company had no duty to warn smokers of the harm associated with smoking cigarettes. 30) Which statement is true regarding the application of negligence per se in product liability cases based on negligence? A) The doctrine of negligence per se is applicable to product liability cases only if the cases are based on failure to warn. B) The doctrine of negligence per se is applicable to product liability cases only if the cases are based on manufacturing defect. C) The doctrine of negligence per se is applicable to product liability cases only if the cases are based on design defect. D) The doctrine of negligence per se is never available in product liability cases. E) The doctrine of negligence per se is also applicable to product liability cases based on negligence. Â Â