111 Ill. App. 2d 342 - Zoerner v. Eisner Grocery Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. ““Strict liability in tort was originally imposed upon those in the manufacturing and distribution chain to protect ordinary users and consumers from physical harm caused by a defective condition in a product making it unreasonably dangerous to the consumer. It is not, contrary to what it. is sometimes called, a doctrine of absolute liability entitling any person harmed in using a product to recover from any member of the production and distribution group. It does not make a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer an insurer of the consumer’s safety. It is liability without negligence, but it is not liability without fault.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 17 Ill. App. 3d 208 - Larson v. Thomashow