Buttrick v. Arthur Lessard & Sons, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing strict product liability tort theory in addition to negligence and warranty theories of liability
• noting that a plaintiff may proceed on both an implied warranty claim and one for strict liability
• plaintiff must prove malfunction of automobile lights caused the accident and arose from a defect present at time of purchase
• plaintiff must prove that the malfunction of automobile lights caused the accident and that the malfunction arose from a defect present at the time of purchase
• plaintiff must prove that the malfunction of automobile lights caused the accident and that the malfunction arose from a defect present at the time of purchase
• adopting Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A (1965)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• West v. Caterpillar Tractor Company, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-07-21· cited 382×
• Williams v. Brown Manufacturing Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1970-03-24· cited 327×
• Mut. Pharm. Co. v. Bartlett
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-24· cited 252×
• Judith Brochu and Emmanuel T. Brochu v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
  First Circuit· 1981-04-07· cited 157×
• Thibault v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1978-11-30· cited 148×
• Heath v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1983-07-18· cited 91×
• Unnamed case
  First Circuit· 1974-07-18· cited 90×
• Cyr v. B. Offen & Co.
  First Circuit· 1974-07-18· cited 89×
• Raymond v. Raymond Corp.
  First Circuit· 1991-07-29· cited 79×
• Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-24· cited 67×
• Roland Bosse v. Litton Unit Handling Systems, Division of Litton Systems, Inc., Third Party v. Werner Associates, Inc., Third Party
  First Circuit· 1981-04-08· cited 64×
• In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2005-04-20· cited 64×
• Siciliano v. Capitol City Shows, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1984-04-09· cited 59×
• Dumas v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1971-02-26· cited 58×
• Aranson v. Schroeder
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1995-10-31· cited 52×
• Albert J. Wasik v. Robert W. Borg, and Third-Party v. Ford Motor Company, Third-Party
  Second Circuit· 1970-03-10· cited 51×
• Hagenbuch v. Snap-On Tools Corp.
  D. New Hampshire· 1972-03-02· cited 46×
• Moulton v. Groveton Papers Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1972-03-07· cited 46×
• Joseph Rodrigues v. Ripley Industries, Inc., Joseph Rodrigues v. Ripley Industries, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1974-11-25· cited 39×
• Reid v. Spadone MacHine Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1979-06-20· cited 38×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1963-01-24· cited 1,019×
• Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1960-05-09· cited 786×
• Seely v. White Motor Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1965-06-23· cited 667×
• Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1964-04-21· cited 384×
• Santor v. a & M KARAGHEUSIAN, INC.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1965-02-17· cited 357×
• Cintrone v. Hertz Truck Leasing & Rental Service
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1965-08-04· cited 202×
• Greeno v. Clark Equipment Company
  N.D. Indiana· 1965-01-15· cited 97×
• Ferraro v. Ford Motor Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-11-15· cited 84×
• Sweeney v. Matthews
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1968-03-14· cited 51×
• Elliott v. Lachance
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1969-07-30· cited 46×
• Maiorino v. Weco Products Co.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1965-10-25· cited 45×
• Kerr v. Corning Glass Works
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1969-07-11· cited 23×
• Butler v. King
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1954-07-01· cited 15×
• King v. Blue Mountain Forest Association
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1956-05-31· cited 10×
• Zellers v. Chase
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1964-01-31· cited 4×
• Rosedoff v. Consolidated Rendering Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1946-06-04· cited 4×