Responsabilidad de tiendas en casos de uso indebido de sustancias

Explicación Simple

Si un adolescente se lastima por usar un producto de manera peligrosa, la tienda que lo vendió no siempre es responsable. Esto se debe a que los jóvenes deben entender los riesgos de sus acciones.

Es como cuando un niño se quema al tocar una estufa caliente; aunque la estufa sea peligrosa, el niño debe aprender que no debe tocarla.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un adolescente de 16 años, compra butano en una tienda. Luego, él y sus amigos lo usan de manera peligrosa y Juan se lastima. Los padres de Juan demandan a la tienda, pero la corte decide que la tienda no es responsable porque Juan sabía que estaba haciendo algo riesgoso.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Butane not listed. - Trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of a drug store in a wrongful death suit brought by the parents of a teenager who died while huffing butane and in a suit brought by the parents of two other teens who were injured since: the teens assumed the risk; the expert's affidavit presented by the parents was not based on personal knowledge from interviewing the teens and was conclusory and speculative; to the extent that the expert's affidavit fit within former O.C.G.A. § 24-9-67 (see now O.C.G.A. § 24-7-707 ), the expert's generalizations about the beliefs of adolescents about death or the propensity of adolescents to exercise poor judgment and behave irresponsibly were not appropriate yardsticks for assessing the minors' knowledge of the risk; the parents' claim that the drug store knew that the teens were going to misuse the butane was based on hearsay; and the parents' public policy claims were rejected as O.C.G.A. § 16-13-90 created a list of dangerous substances not to be sold to minors, butane was not on the list, and any change in the law had to be legislatively enacted. Garner v. Rite Aid of Ga., Inc., 265 Ga. App. 737 , 595 S.E.2d 582 (2004). <h4