Brandon stroud was driving a golf cart made by textron, inc. the golf cart did not have lights, but textron did not warn against using it on public roads at night. when stroud attempted to cross a road at 8: 30 pm his golf car was struck by a vehicle and he was killed. his estate filed suit against textron alleging strict product liability and product liability based on negligence. the claim was that the golf cart was defective and unreasonably dangerous. what defenses might textron assert?

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)