Brest v. Chrysler Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Pauley v. Beth-Energy Mines, Inc. · Barnes v. Southwest Forest Industries, Inc. · 482 So. 2d 1176 - General Motors Corp. v. Edwards
Most-quoted passages
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“establishing the existence of a safer, practical, alternative design for the allegedly defective product-not a design for a different, albeit similar, product, even if it serves the same purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“under Alabama law a plaintiff must prove that a safer, practical, alternative design was available to the manufacturer at the time it manufactured its product”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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