Overland Corporation makes trucks. The brakes on Pho's Overland truck malfunction, but he continues to drive it. Unable to slow down, the truck crashes through a guardrail and careens off the road. In Pho's product liability suit against Overland, the defendant can assert the defense of

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The defense of "assumption of risk" applies because Pho continued to drive the truck despite knowing that the brakes were malfunctioning, thereby assuming the risk of any resulting harm.

Overland Corporation Makes Trucks