Question

Geoff's fiancée, Susan, comes to meet his parents for the weekend. On Saturday morning, while using Geoff's mother's hair dryer, the blower short-circuits sending sparks across the guest room. Susan's angora sweater and her hands are covered with tiny burns. Susan's mother is a lawyer and wants her to sue the seller of the dryer for breach of warranty. Can she?

Answer 1

Yes, since she is a guest in the home of the buyer, the warranties would extend to her in most states.

Step-by-step explanation:

Warranty

This is simply known as a type of duty or statement of other representation that is made by the seller or places by law on goods and services mainly concerning the aspect of quality, characteristics, strength and ownership of goods and services. It is often regarded also as a duty or obligation of the seller to the buyer in terms of title, quality, characteristics, or conditions of goods.

Types of warranty

1. Express Warranty

2. Implied Warranty of Title

3. Implied Warranty of Merchantability

4. Implied Warranty of Fitness for a Particular Purpose

Express Warranty

This is simply refered to as the description of the goods that is made part of the basis of the negotiation does bring about an express warranty that the goods will adhere to the description or defined it as an agreement of fact or promise in relation to the goods that becomes part of reasons of negotiation therefore brings about express warranty that goods will adhere to 3 things mainly:

1. Affirmation of Fact

2. Description

3. Sample or model