Pat is pledging a fraternity. As part of his initiation, he must eat a piece of cheese without using his hands. The cheese is on a mousetrap which has been set. While trying to get the cheese off the mousetrap, he accidentally springs the trap, which clamps onto his nose and injures him. Pat files a product liability suit against the hardware store which sold the trap to another fraternity member. Which of the following, if true, would allow the hardware store to avoid liability? a. Any defect in the mousetrap was caused by the manufacturer, not the hardware store.
b. The mousetrap was being misused in a way that was very far from its intended purpose.
c. Pat cannot sue the hardware store without suing the manufacturer and wholesaler at the same time.
d. The store exercised reasonable care in selling the mousetrap.
e. None of these would allow the hardware store to avoid liability.
f. Pat was not the purchaser of the mousetrap and therefore had no standing to sue.