Scott v. White Trucks’s Empirical Analysis
699 F.2d 714 · 1983
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently March 2014
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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 The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman · Weber v. Fidelity & Casualty Insurance Co. of NY · Hunt v. City Stores, Inc. · Kicklighter v. Nails by Jannee, Inc. · 358 So. 2d 926 - Chappuis v. Sears Roebuck & Co.
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[r]ecovery is allowed against the manufacturer only `if the injured person proves ... that the product was defective when it left the hands of the manufacturer,' and `[w]hile the rule [of strict liability] is harsh, liability is not imposed unless the evidence preponderates ... that the [injury-causing] defect existed when the product left the hands of the manufacturer.' Madden v. Louisiana Power and Light Co., 334 So.2d 249, 253, 255 (La.App. 4th Cir.1976)." "However, the manufacturer is under no duty `to make a product that will last forever or will withstand abuse or lack of maintenance' or that is `foolproof,' Tri-State Insurance Company v. Fidelity & Casualty Insurance Company, 364 So.2d 657, 660 (La.App. 2d Cir.), writ denied, 365 So.2d 248 (La.1978); Foster v. Marshall, 341 So.2d 1354 (La.App. 2d Cir.), writ ref'd, 343 So.2d 1067, 1077 (La.1977), nor one whose component `parts do not wear out.' Insurance Company of North America v. Atlas Construction Company, 368 So.2d 1247, 1249 (La.App. 4th Cir.1979); Foster v. Marshall, supra . And, where a particular defect or dangerous condition is not directly shown to exist at the time of manufacture, and the product abnormally malfunctions, or even is directly shown to have a defective component, on the occasion of an accident occurring a significant time after manufacture, this will not alone authorize a finding that the product was defective while in the manufacturer's hands, if maintenance and employment by intervening owne”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[r]ecovery is allowed against the manufacturer only `if the injured person proves ... that the product was defective when it left the hands of the manufacturer,' and `[w]hile the rule [of strict liability] is harsh, liability is not imposed unless the evidence preponderates ... that the [injury-causing] defect existed when the product left the hands of the manufacturer.' Madden v. Louisiana Power and Light Co., 334 So.2d 249, 253, 255 (La.App. 4th Cir.1976).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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