Brown v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “our task here is to follow Utah law, and we are bound by [Utah Code Ann.] § 78–15–6(2),” in determining that negligence claims are limited to product defects
• applying Slisze to a negligent-design claim that mirrored the plaintiff’s strict-liability claim, and affirming the district court’s entry of summary judgment
• “This circuit, however, has interpreted Utah law to require that the plaintiff prove the practicability of a safer design.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wankier v. Crown Equipment Corp.
  Tenth Circuit· 2003-12-23· cited 174×
• Niemela v. Imperial Manufacturing, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2011-09-29· cited 19×
• Kirkbride v. Terex USA, LLC
  Tenth Circuit· 2015-08-25· cited 10×
• Yirak v. DAN'S SUPER MARKETS, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2008-05-30· cited 6×
• Henrie v. Northrop Grumman Corp.
  Tenth Circuit· 2007-09-21· cited 5×
• Fortune v. Techtronic Industries North America
  D. Utah· 2015-05-11· cited 5×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Barker v. Lull Engineering Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1978-01-16· cited 581×
• Eck v. Parke, Davis & Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 2001-07-17· cited 224×
• Ernest W. Hahn, Inc. v. Armco Steel Co.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1979-09-25· cited 62×
• Grundberg v. Upjohn Co.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1991-05-14· cited 57×
• Bishop v. GenTec Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2002-03-29· cited 44×
• Slisze v. Stanley-Bostitch
  Utah Supreme Court· 1999-03-05· cited 40×
• Lamb v. B & B AMUSEMENTS CORP.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1993-11-19· cited 40×
• House v. Armour of America, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1994-10-31· cited 35×
• Burns v. Cannondale Bicycle Co.
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1994-05-27· cited 33×
• Jones v. Cyprus Plateau Mining Corp.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1997-08-12· cited 25×
• Allen v. Minnstar, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1993-11-01· cited 24×
• Boykin v. ATC/VanCom of Colorado, L.P.
  Tenth Circuit· 2001-04-17· cited 23×
• Endresen v. Scheels Hardware & Sports Shop, Inc.
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1997-03-05· cited 23×