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Manufactured body parts: how would you feel if you had one installed, and then it was recalled?

Asked by ETpro (34605points) June 17th, 2011

I saw this headline today and it made me think, as much of a hassle as an auto recall is, how much worse when what’s being recalled is installed inside your body? What sort of compensation would you expect from the manufacturer? Sure they should cover the cost of replacement, but do you think they should owe customers anything for pain, suffering, inconvenience and risk of death during the replacement surgery? Would you just chalk it up to “stuff happens” and get the new, improved replacement dropped in, or would you demand compensation and sue if you didn’t get it?

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