Arriaga v. CitiCapital Commercial Corp.

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• recognizing California' adopted the UCC and discussing definition of finance lease in section 10103
• recognizing California adopted the UCC and discussing definition of finance lease in section 10103
• noting that “[b]eyond P Pp manufacturers, . . . retailers engaged in the business of distributing goods to the public are strictly liable in tort for personal injuries caused by defects in those goods,” which “works no injustice” because (1
• finding no duty to inspect and no negligence where defendant was a “passive” “finance lessor” that “had neither the opportunity nor the expertise to inspect the machine in order to discover defects”
• declining to extend strict liability under 19 stream of commerce theory to defendant finance lessor and seller of glue spreading machine, who 20 never came into contact with product but only executed the financial lease

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