Adames v. Sheahan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a plaintiff can show a product’s defectiveness using the consumer expectation test “by introducing evidence that the product failed to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would expect when used in an intended or reasonably foreseeable manner”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Adames v. Sheahan
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2009-03-19· cited 131×
• Ileto v. Glock, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-05-11· cited 102×
• Brethauer v. General Motors Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2009-03-31· cited 17×
• Baley v. Federal Signal Corporation
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-09-13· cited 6×
• Kern v. Arlington Ridge Pathology, S.C.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-08-07· cited 1×

Cites

50 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
  Supreme Court· 1996-05-28· cited 2,781×
• New York v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-19· cited 1,301×
• Ward v. K Mart Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-04-18· cited 673×
• Pyne v. Witmer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-06-19· cited 366×
• Barnett v. Zion Park District
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1996-04-18· cited 337×
• City of Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-11-18· cited 259×
• Rowe v. State Bank of Lombard
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-09-22· cited 246×
• Ziarko v. Soo Line Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-06-16· cited 240×
• First Springfield Bank & Trust v. Galman
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1999-10-21· cited 240×
• Dawdy, Jr. v. Union Pacific R.R. Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-08-21· cited 231×
• Ragan v. Columbia Mutual Insurance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-09-24· cited 221×
• Bagent v. Blessing Care Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-01-19· cited 215×
• Rhodes v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1996-03-28· cited 207×
• Woods v. Cole
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-03-19· cited 202×
• Lynch v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF COLLINSVILLE COMMUNITY UNIT DIST.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-09-15· cited 190×
• Sollami v. Eaton
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-06-06· cited 190×
• Jones v. Chicago HMO Ltd. of Illinois
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-05-18· cited 181×
• Young v. Bryco Arms
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-11-18· cited 164×
• Village of Bloomingdale v. CDG Enterprises, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2001-06-21· cited 163×
• Lamkin v. Towner
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-10-04· cited 156×