American Suzuki Motor Corp. v. Superior Court

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a \particular purpose ... envisages a specific use by the buyer which is peculiar to the nature of his business ....\
• explaining that “[a] breach of the warranty of merchantability occurs if the product lacks even the most basic degree of fitness for ordinary use”
• rejecting argument that test for implied warranty is “whether [vehicle] is free of all speculative risks, safety-related or otherwise”
• “An item can “pass without objection” and yet be considerably short of perfection”
• “Courts in other jurisdictions have held that in the case of automobiles, the implied warranty of merchantability can be breached only if the vehicle manifests a defect that is so basic it renders the vehicle unfit for its ordinary purpose of providing transportation”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).