In evaluating the adequacy of a product's design, risk-utility analysis requires a court to consider all of the following factors EXCEPT?A. the gravity of the danger posed by the designB. the cost of producing a safer alternative designC. the social utility of the productD. the likelihood that injury will occurE. the corporate producer's mission statement

E.the corporate producer's mission statement.

Explanation:

When a court is required to evaluate the adequacy of a product's design, it needs to take several factors into account. The court needs to consider the gravity of the danger that the design poses. Moreover, the court needs to think of how much more expensive a safer alternative would be. The court also needs to think of how useful the product is for society and how likely the injury is to occur.

Many of these factors are established through what is known as the risk-utility test. This determines whether a product's design is defective. The test measures whether the probability of injury times the gravity of injury under the current product design is more than the cost of an alternative reasonable design plus the diminished utility resulting from modifying the design.

The answer is E)

The courts will not consider the company's mission statement as it is irrelevant to the exercise.                                                                              

Explanation:

In legal disputes regarding product liability, a risk-utility test is used to determine whether a product's design or warning is defective, thereby making the manufacturer liable for injuries caused by its product.

The court considers if the economic costs are higher than the cost of changing the product design plus the loss of use of the product.

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