Cengage Advantage Books: Foundations of the Legal Environment of Business 3rd Edition by Marianne Jennings

Exercise 12

Jean needs putty for repair of some shelves in her home. She takes a picture of the shelf with her phone and then takes the phone and picture to Home Depot where she asks one of the wandering experts what kind of putty she needs. The Home Depot wandering expert employee makes a recommendation that Jean purchases. When Jean applies the putty, the wood on the shelf is destroyed. Which would be a basis for her recovery?
A) The implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose
B) The doctrine of caveat emptor
C) The implied warranty of title
D) Contributory negligence