There is also negligence. Like in the original case [1] where a woman got ill and suffered emotional distress after drinking bottled ginger beer with a decompos

There is also negligence. Like in the original case [1] where a woman got ill and suffered emotional distress after drinking bottled ginger beer with a decomposing snail in it. Even though the manufacturer had no intent to sell "snail beer" -- a consumer has a trust relationship with them: in exchange for money they can reasonably expect the manufacturer to take enough care not to bug them. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donoghue_v_Stevenson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donoghue_v_Stevenson "it was reasonably foreseeable that failure to ensure the product's safety would lead to harm of consumers."