Alpha Company, Beta Corporation, and Gamma, Inc., are drug makers. Kappa Company and Omega, Inc., are drug dis?tribu?tors. In a suit against all of these parties in which market-share li?ability is imposed, most likely to be liable are

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In a market-share liability case, the liability is imposed on all defendants based on their market share of the relevant market. In the given scenario, both the drug makers and distributors are involved in the distribution chain of the drugs, and therefore, they are equally responsible for any harm caused to the consumers. Hence, the most likely liable parties are the distributors and the manufacturers.