Eaton Corp. v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently May 2008
2 district · 14 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 Phipps v. General Motors Corp. · Newmark v. Gimbel's Incorporated · 62 Ill. 2d 77 - Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Williams MacHine & Tool Co. · Giant Food, Inc. v. Washington Coca-Cola Bottling Co. · Mattos, Inc. v. Hash
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[f]or a seller to be liable under § 402A, the product must be both in a ‘defective condition’ and ‘unreasonably dangerous’ at the time that it is placed on the market by the seller. Both of these conditions are explained in the official comments in terms of consumer expectations. As Comment g explains, the requirement of a defective condition limits application of § 402A to those situations where ‘the product is, at the time it leaves the seller’s hands, in a condition not contemplated by the ultimate consumer, which will be unreasonably dangerous to him.’ An ‘unreasonably dangerous product is defined in Comment i as one which is ‘dangerous to an extent beyond that which would be contemplated by the ordinary con sumer who purchases it, with the ordinary knowledge common to the community as to its characteristics.’ ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“There can be little doubt that a propane canister, used immediately after purchase according to instructions on the label, which continues to allow gas to be released after an appliance has been removed, is defective and unreasonably dangerous. Under circumstances such as these, the plaintiffs presented a prima facie case. There was no necessity for them to show more concerning the precise nature of the defect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““(1) the product was in a defective condition at the time that it left the possession or control of the seller, (2) that it was unreasonably dangerous to the user or consumer, (3) that the defect was a cause of the injuries, and (4) that the product was expected to and did reach the consumer without substantial change in its condition.””
1 later decision 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.