Lester v. Magic Chef, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 13 district · 34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently August 2011 · most notably Hardin v. Manitowoc-Forsythe Corp. (1982), Wheeler v. John Deere Co. (1991)
15 federal appellate · 13 district · 34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 20 Cal. 3d 413 - Barker v. Lull Engineering Co. · 8 Cal. 3d 121 - Cronin v. J.B.E. Olson Corp. · Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. · Brown v. Keill
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The article sold must be dangerous to an extent beyond that which would be contemplated by the ordinary consumer who purchases it, with the ordinary knowledge common to the community as to its characteristics.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“defines an unreasonably dangerous product as one which is `dangerous to an extent beyond that which would be contemplated by the ordinary consumer who purchases it, with the ordinary knowledge common to the community as to its characteristics.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““A (manufacturer) (seller) who sells a product in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous to the (user) (consumer) is subject to liability for physical harm (or property damage) thereby caused to the ultimate (user) (consumer) .... “A product is in a defective condition if, at the time it leaves the (manufacturer’s) (seller’s) hands, it is in a condition which is unreasonably dangerous to the ordinary user. “A condition is unreasonably dangerous if it is dangerous when used in the way it is ordinarily used considering the product’s characteristics and common usage, and is dangerous to an extent beyond that which would be contemplated by the ordinary consumer who purchased it, with the ordinary knowledge common to the community as to its characteristics. “The defect may be (in the product’s preparation) (in the product’s container or packaging) (in the instructions or warning necessary for the product’s safe use).””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.