Berkeley Pump Co. v. Reed-Joseph Land Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that there must be sufficient evidence regarding the existence of “special circumstances” before the jury may consider the issue
• stating that the fact that product does not meet expectations of user does not meet definition; must be “unreasonably dangerous” as well as defective
• noting action for fraud by concealment must be based on duty to disclose
• noting action for fraud by concealment must be based on duty to disclose
• rejecting the argument that the economic loss doctrine should be applied in Arkansas
• violation of a statute is merely evidence of negligence and not negligence per se.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Lunsford v. Morris
  Texas Supreme Court· 1988-02-10· cited 178×
• Stein v. Lukas
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-01-21· cited 68×
• Deanna Slagle Roberts v. Darryl Francis, M.D. St. Edward Mercy Medical Center
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-10-20· cited 56×
• Steward v. McDonald
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1997-12-18· cited 47×
• Buckley v. Bell
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1985-07-30· cited 46×
• O'MARA v. Dykema
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1997-04-28· cited 44×
• Interstate Freeway Services, Inc. v. Houser
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-07-20· cited 42×
• Ford Motor Co. v. General Accident Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-09-10· cited 42×
• Union National Bank of Little Rock v. Farmers Bank, Hamburg, Arkansas
  Eighth Circuit· 1986-03-26· cited 41×
• Seeco, Inc. v. Hales
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-07-13· cited 40×
• prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 14,610 Tennie Kaplon, Leo Kaplon v. Howmedica, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1996-05-13· cited 36×
• Hollis v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-10-04· cited 36×
• Rice v. Ragsdale
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2009-02-11· cited 32×
• Ward v. Worthen Bank & Trust Co., N.A.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1984-12-21· cited 29×
• McLaughlin v. Michelin Tire Corp.
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1989-07-12· cited 28×
• Joyce Fullington v. Pfizer, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2013-07-15· cited 27×
• Daniel Brewer v. Jeep Corporation, American Motors Sales Corporation and American Motors Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1983-12-30· cited 26×
• Bayer CropScience LP v. Schafer
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2011-12-08· cited 26×
• Elk Corp. of Arkansas v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1987-03-16· cited 18×
• Government of the United States Virgin Islands v. Takata Corp.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-06-19· cited 17×

Cites

56 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1963-01-24· cited 1,019×
• Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. National Tank Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-02-19· cited 846×
• Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1960-05-09· cited 786×
• Suvada v. White Motor Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1965-05-20· cited 671×
• Seely v. White Motor Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1965-06-23· cited 667×
• Azzarello v. Black Bros. Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 413×
• Berkebile v. Brantly Helicopter Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-19· cited 412×
• Santor v. a & M KARAGHEUSIAN, INC.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1965-02-17· cited 357×
• Kirkland v. General Motors Corporation
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1974-04-23· cited 340×
• Cronin v. J.B.E. Olson Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1972-10-17· cited 336×
• Sellinger v. Freeway Mobile Home Sales, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1974-05-06· cited 104×
• Ford Motor Company v. Lonon
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1966-01-05· cited 100×
• Anne Needham v. White Laboratories, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1981-01-27· cited 78×
• Northern Power & Engineering Corp. v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-02-06· cited 73×
• Paul Lewis, D/B/A Lewis Lumber Company v. Mobil Oil Corporation, a Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1971-02-16· cited 64×
• Garrett v. Nissen Corporation
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1972-06-30· cited 60×
• Holmes v. Hollingsworth
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1961-12-18· cited 58×
• Berman v. Watergate West, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-09-06· cited 47×
• Texsun Feed Yards, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Ralston Purina Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-08-27· cited 46×
• McDonough v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1905-12-16· cited 46×