Paul buys a bottle of Great Wine. He drinks it and becomes very ill. Doctors find the wine contained anti-freeze. Paul may not sue Great Wine because he assumed the risk of drinking alcohol, an inherently dangerous product.

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While it is true that alcohol is an inherently dangerous product and there is a certain assumed risk in consuming it, the fact that the wine contained anti-freeze is outside of the normal risks associated with consuming alcohol. It would be reasonable for Paul to expect that the wine he was purchasing and consuming was not contaminated with chemicals that could cause serious harm. Therefore, he may have grounds to sue Great Wine for their negligence in allowing anti-freeze to contaminate the wine.

Paul Buys a Bottle of Great Wine