The strict product liability standard requires a manufacturer to compensate injured consumers:

A. only if it can be shown that the manufacturer was at fault in causing or failing to prevent a harm.
B. even if the manufacturer was not at fault, even if there was nothing the manufacturer could have done to prevent the harm.
C. only if the product's features were described in a deceptive manner in advertising copy.
D. only if the manufacturer used fraud or coercion at the time the contract for the product was agreed to by the consumer.


Answer: B

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