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OUJI-CIV No. 12.5
PRODUCT DEFECTIVE IF NO WARNING GIVEN
PRODUCT DEFECTIVE IF NO WARNING GIVEN
A product that involves a risk of harm to [persons/property] when it is used [by an
ordinary user] [(in the way that it was intended to be used)/(in a way that the
[manufacturer/seller/lessor] could reasonably have foreseen)] is defective if:
1. The product does not have [(an ad equate warning of its dangerous
characteristics)/(adequate instructions for its safe use)] that [is/are] sufficient
to inform an ordinary user of the risk of harm; and
2. The risk of harm is not one that an ordinary user would reasonably expect.
No [warning/instructions] [is/are] required if the particular danger would be apparent to
an ordinary user from the nature of the pr oduct itself or from other information known to
the user.
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- oscn.net
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- 2026-08-23
- Edition
- 2026-08-23
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