Anderson v. Heron Engineering Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• 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).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Blueflame Gas, Inc. v. Van Hoose
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1984-04-02· cited 265×
• Palmer v. AH Robins Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1984-06-18· cited 243×
• Dambacher by Dambacher v. Mallis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-07-16· cited 190×
• Nesselrode v. Executive Beechcraft, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1986-03-25· cited 145×
• Compaq Computer Corp. v. Lapray
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-05-07· cited 139×
• Moe v. Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation
  Tenth Circuit· 1984-01-30· cited 95×
• Uptain v. Huntington Lab, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1986-08-25· cited 89×
• Ilosky v. Michelin Tire Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-07-05· cited 77×
• Camacho v. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-07-13· cited 72×
• Oak Grove Investors v. Bell & Gossett Co.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1983-08-31· cited 72×
• Persichini v. Brad Ragan, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-04-06· cited 45×
• Fibreboard Corp. v. Fenton
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1993-02-16· cited 40×
• Caldwell v. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1982-07-19· cited 39×
• Kysor Industrial Corp. v. Frazier
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1982-03-08· cited 32×
• Smith v. Home Light and Power Co.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-03-30· cited 32×
• Patricia R. v. Sullivan
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-07-10· cited 32×
• Shaw v. General Motors Corp.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1986-05-01· cited 20×
• Allen v. Long Mfg. NC, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1998-08-10· cited 20×
• Frazier v. Kysor Industrial Corp.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1980-03-10· cited 15×
• Fenton v. Fibreboard Corp.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1992-04-13· cited 14×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1944-07-05· cited 411×
• Hiigel v. General Motors Corporation
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1976-02-09· cited 177×
• Phillips v. Kimwood MacHine Company
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1974-09-06· cited 154×
• Union Supply Co. v. Pust
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1978-08-14· cited 138×
• Hamilton v. Hardy
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1976-03-18· cited 103×
• Kinard v. Coats Company, Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1976-05-13· cited 65×
• Little v. PPG Industries, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1978-04-18· cited 57×
• Tucson Industries, Incorporated v. Schwartz
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1972-10-11· cited 51×
• Crane v. Sears Roebuck & Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-08-02· cited 51×
• Midgley v. S. S. Kresge Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1976-02-04· cited 32×
• Dolan v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1972-11-06· cited 30×
• Hamilton v. Motor Coach Industries, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-07-05· cited 30×
• Westerman v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-08-01· cited 23×
• Berkebile v. Brantly Helicopter Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 18×
• Duncan v. Board of County Com'rs of Routt County
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1964-04-13· cited 3×
• Anderson v. Heron Engineering Co., Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1978-02-21· cited 2×