Baughman v. General Motors Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• “Any theory of [products] liability, however, requires that the [defendant] actually sell or otherwise place the defective product on the market.”
• assembler who incorporates defective component into finished product and places finished product into stream of commerce is liable in tort if one is injured even if that manufacturer/assembler did not manufacture the component part
• assembler who incorporates defective component into finished product and places finished product into stream of commerce is liable in tort if one is injured even if that manufacturer/assembler did not manufacture the component part
• “Under the doctrine of strict liability in tort, the focus has been upon whether or not the assembler has sold the defective component part and thus placed it in the stream of commerce.”
• “Since plaintiff knew of the explosive danger associated with multi-piece rims, the failure to warn him of their propensity to separate was not the proximate cause of his accident, as a warning would not have altered plaintiff's conduct.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).