Anderson v. Heron Engineering Co.

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• ruling trial court should give express warranty jury instruction regarding a warranty that the chair lift was “safe,” as stated in a sales brochure created by defendant in connection with chair lift sales
• in order for statement made in seller’s brochure to constitute an express warranty, buyer must have had knowledge of statement at time of making purchase
• focus of a strict liability claim is on the product, not the conduct or knowledge of the defendant
• “[A] product which is free of manufacturing and design defects nonetheless may be defective and unreasonably dangerous if not accompanied by adequate instructions and warnings.”
• brochure must have been seen or relied on at time of purchase
• Expert testimony directed to proof of a strict liability claim should have been admitted.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).