Product liability law: Which body of law is most directly implicated by this harm?

Physical injury caused by a design or manufacturing defect in an AI-enabled product falls under product liability law.

The question

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1. Product liability law, which addresses design and manufacturing defects that cause harm to people ✓

   Correct: physical injury from a design defect in a product is the core subject of product liability law.
2. Consumer protection law, which prohibits unfair and deceptive marketing acts that are directed at end consumers

   Plausible but wrong: consumer protection addresses deceptive practices, not physical injury from a defective product.
3. Nondiscrimination law, which prohibits biased or unequal treatment of protected groups in key decisions

   Plausible but wrong: nondiscrimination concerns biased outcomes, not physical harm from a malfunctioning machine.
4. Cross-border data transfer law, which governs how personal data may move between different jurisdictions

   Plausible but wrong: transfer law concerns data movement, wholly unrelated to a physical-injury defect.

How to remember it

Physical injury caused by a design or manufacturing defect in an AI-enabled product falls under product liability law.

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