Strict product liability exists if:

a. the consumer misuses the product.
b. the consumer alters the product before he or she uses it.
c. a defective, unreasonably dangerous product reaches the consumer or user without substantial change in the condition in which it is sold.
d. the consumer gives the manufacturer or seller notice of the defect.


c

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