Brooks v. Beech Aircraft Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that decision whether to apply strict liability principles to design defect claims depends upon a balancing of conflicting policy considerations
• stating that the existing jury instruction allows “proof and argument on all of the factors suggested by the Restatement (Third) of Torts as relevant in determining whether the omission of a reasonable alternative gave rise to an unreasonable risk of injury”
• imposing “strict liability against manufacturers for injuries caused by defective product design”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smith v. Ingersoll-Rand, Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 2000-06-07· cited 139×
• Potter v. Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-05-27· cited 126×
• Edwards v. Basel Pharmaceuticals
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1997-03-04· cited 64×
• Spectron Development Laboratory v. American Hollow Boring Co.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-01-02· cited 61×
• Branham v. Ford Motor Co.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2010-08-16· cited 55×
• Lewis Ex Rel. Lewis v. Samson
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2001-11-09· cited 55×
• Couch v. Astec Industries, Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2002-06-19· cited 44×
• Rimbert v. Eli Lilly and Co.
  D. New Mexico· 2008-08-22· cited 37×
• Nowell v. Medtronic Inc.
  D. New Mexico· 2019-03-29· cited 35×
• Hansen v. Ford Motor Co.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1995-07-07· cited 34×
• Tracy v. Cottrell
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1999-11-12· cited 34×
• Norwest Bank New Mexico, N.A. v. Chrysler Corp.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1999-04-09· cited 33×
• Rodriguez v. Del Sol Shopping Center Associates, L.P.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2014-05-08· cited 33×
• Bustos v. Hyundai Motor Co.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2010-06-17· cited 23×
• Garcia v. Coe Manufacturing Co.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1997-01-28· cited 22×
• Smith Ex Rel. Smith v. Bryco Arms
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2001-07-27· cited 21×
• Bellman v. NXP Semiconductors USA, Inc.
  D. New Mexico· 2017-03-31· cited 20×
• Bylsma v. R.C.WilleyHumanTouch
  Utah Supreme Court· 2017-12-01· cited 19×
• Stiner v. Amazon.com, Inc. (Slip Opinion)
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2020-10-01· cited 15×
• Parker v. St. Vincent Hospital
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1996-05-30· cited 14×