Singer v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
May 1974
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Elmore v. American Motors Corp. · Wagner v. International Railway Co. · 59 Cal. 2d 65 - Tompkins v. Superior Court · Campo v. Scofield · Piercefield v. Remington Arms Co.
Most-quoted passages
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““We first consider the question of whether the testimony established that Frederick Singer misused the hammer at the time of the accident. The law is clear that a manufacturer need not anticipate that his product will be misused (Campo v. Scofield, 301 N. Y. 468 , 95 N. E. 2d 802 ). We do not believe that it was established as a matter of law that the hammer was being misused. The Court charged that ‘the testimony on the manner of what is or is not the proper use of a geologist’s hammer ... is a question of fact.’ With this we fully agree.” “In any event, as indicated above, we believe that a question of fact was raised concerning the proper use of the hammer.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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