Mr. Boone vs. Zoom Car Company
Daniel Boone purchased a vehicle from Zoom Car Company with a compass in the dashboard for easy navigation. Unfortunately, the compass was faulty and led Mr. Boone to a high crime area where he was dragged out of his car and severely beaten up. Who should be responsible for Mr. Boone’s medical bills? Did Zoom Car Company know that the compass was faulty and didn’t tell the purchaser? Did Corrigan Rulers Compasses and Slide Rules, Inc. know there was an issue with the product? If so, why did they recall the product? If they did recall the product why didn’t Zoom Car Company take out the compass? Did Zoom Car Company install the compass correctly? Why didn’t Mr. Boone realize he was in a high crime part of town?
Imagine if this was you, you were following your compass in an area you are unfamiliar with when all of sudden a gang member who is armed drags you out of your car in the middle of the street where he and his friends start violently striking you over and over again. After they are done hitting and kicking you, you lay there on the ground in pain and bleeding. You are wondering where you are and if anyone will come to help you and you ask yourself “Why did this happen to me?” Mr. Boone didn’t realize that turning right instead of left would lead him to that fate. He thought the brand new compass in his brand new car he just bought would work properly. Who thought that a new equipment that just got installed would not work? He did notice the neighborhood had was heading too wasn’t the greatest but he was unfamiliar with the city. The fact is if the compass was working properly then we would not be here today arguing our case. Mr. Boone would not have been beaten so badly that he had to spend 2 weeks in the hospital and miss a month of work. His family had to live in fear when they received the call that their