Chellman v. Saab-Scania AB

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a car manufacturer could assert the plaintiffs misconduct as an affirmative defense in a strict products liability case
• jury instruction that no design defect exists if “a warning was present and effective to avoid that unreasonable danger”
• “Clear and intelligible jury instructions are particularly important to explain complex or confusing legal concepts.”
• “It is settled law in New Hampshire that strict liability for product defect includes manufacturing defect, design defect, and warning defect.”
• “It is settled law in New Hampshire that strict liability for product defect includes manufacturing defect, design defect, and warning defect.”
• \We adopted the doctrine of strict products liability as expressed in the RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS § 402-A (1965) in Buttrick v . Lessard.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mut. Pharm. Co. v. Bartlett
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-24· cited 252×
• Scarfo v. Cabletron Systems, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1995-05-12· cited 139×
• Kelleher v. Marvin Lumber & Cedar Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2005-12-15· cited 77×
• Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-24· cited 67×
• Vautour v. Body Masters Sports Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2001-11-05· cited 37×
• Price v. BIC Corp.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1997-11-03· cited 32×
• Cyr v. J.I. Case Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1994-12-14· cited 30×
• LeBlanc v. American Honda Motor Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1997-01-28· cited 30×
• Connelly v. Hyundai Motor Co.
  First Circuit· 2003-12-05· cited 29×
• Trull v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2000-09-28· cited 28×
• Nilsson v. Bierman
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2003-12-29· cited 26×
• Elizabeth Wilson, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Ailsa Debold v. Bradlees of New England, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1996-09-25· cited 25×
• Powell v. Catholic Medical Center
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2000-03-21· cited 25×
• Cheshire Medical Center v. W.R. Grace & Co.
  First Circuit· 1995-03-06· cited 19×
• Dudley v. Business Express, Inc.
  D. New Hampshire· 1994-10-11· cited 18×
• Prime Financial Group, Inc. v. Masters
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1996-05-16· cited 15×
• Simpson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1999-12-30· cited 15×
• Francoeur v. Piper
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2001-06-22· cited 13×
• Meaney v. Rubega
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1997-12-31· cited 2×
• Appeal of the New England Heart Institute & Maine Medical Center
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1999-12-29· cited 2×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Thibault v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1978-11-30· cited 148×
• Buttrick v. Arthur Lessard & Sons, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1969-12-30· cited 76×
• Broderick v. Watts
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1992-09-01· cited 40×
• Reid v. Spadone MacHine Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1979-06-20· cited 38×
• Johnston v. Lynch
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1990-04-30· cited 26×
• Welch v. Gonic Realty Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1986-10-02· cited 24×
• Brann v. Exeter Clinic, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1985-08-15· cited 22×
• Gagnon v. Crane
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1985-07-24· cited 13×
• Bernier v. Demers
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1981-03-16· cited 11×
• Kallgren v. Chadwick
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1991-04-23· cited 7×
• Lupa v. Jensen
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1983-08-31· cited 6×
• State v. Condict
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1982-12-29· cited 4×
• State v. Burrell
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1992-07-10· cited 4×