Sentences with phrase «called design defect»

In an opinion joined by five of his colleagues, Antonin Scalia carefully parsed the language of the 1986 act, which didn't mention the specific type of problem the girl's family had raised: a so - called design defect.

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This referendum was called by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron because of a promise made in his election campaign to renegotiate terms with the EU and then hold a referendum, designed to win over voters he feared would defect to UKIP.

I wouldn't necessarily call either service team dishonest... Best action for the long term reliability of your car is to fix defects to manufacturer's design intent.

The «ISQ1» study of the early years measured 89 problem attributes, mainly design and defects, Sargent said, and the current survey, called IQS4, pinpoints 233 problem attributes.

While Power calls it the «Initial Quality Survey,» the survey owners about actual repairs needed in the first 90 days of ownership (defects and malfunctions) but in recent years IQS also asks about things owners don't like about the car («design - related problems»).

In November 2009, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) called the removal of the offending floor mats an interim measure only, and said, «This remedy does not correct the underlying defect in the vehicles involving the potential for entrapment of the accelerator by floor mats, which is related to accelerator and floor pan design.»

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Examples of design defects can include inaccurate measurements, calling for improper materials, or failing to include a safety feature.

It would most likely be up to a jury to consider whether modern day football helmet has any design defects and, in weighing that question, a Massachusetts jury would be asked to weigh several factors: - the gravity of the danger posed by the current football helmet design - the likelihood that head injury will result from the use of the helmet - the technical feasibility of a safer alternative design - the financial feasibility of that alternative design, and - any other consequences likely to result from the alternative design However, even if a jury were to conclude that there exists a cost - effective design that would be more effective in preventing head injuries than the current football helmet design, the manufacturer might still have a few defenses under Massachusetts law: the so - called Vassallo defense and Correia defense.