Curry v. Louis Allis Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming summary judgment for component part manufacturer, suggesting it would be \absurd\ to hold the maker of a component part liable because the assembler of the overall device chose not to install safety devices offered and sold by the component part manufacturer
• affirming summary judgment for compo­nent part manufactur­er, suggesting it would be \absurd\ to hold the maker of a component part liable because the assembler of the overall device chose not to install safety devices of­fered and sold by the component part manufactur­er
• “Thus it would be absurd to hold the maker of some component *** liable because the assembler of the total machine did not put safety guards on it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wheeler v. Sunbelt Tool Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-05-18· cited 56×
• prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 12,290 Ronald D. Childress Peggy Childress v. Gresen Manufacturing Co., a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Dana Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-10-31· cited 43×
• Artis v. Fibre Metal Products
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-03-17· cited 40×
• Rotzoll v. Overhead Door Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-06-13· cited 37×
• Parker v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1995-07-06· cited 35×
• Loos v. American Energy Savers, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-04-21· cited 32×
• Gowler v. Ferrell-Ross Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-09-04· cited 23×
• Davis v. Komatsu America Industries Corp.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-04-18· cited 20×
• Woods v. Graham Engineering Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-05-17· cited 20×
• Taylor v. Gerry's Ridgewood Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-03-11· cited 19×
• Carol Apperson, Sandra Bott, Danella Poling v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Janet Styck v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-11-18· cited 17×
• Venus v. O'HARA
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-08-10· cited 17×
• Puckett v. Empire Stove Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-05-19· cited 15×
• Sparacino v. Andover Controls Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-03-30· cited 14×
• Depre v. Power Climber, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-04-29· cited 13×
• Anderson v. Woodlawn Shell, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-03-26· cited 13×
• Gilbertson v. Rolscreen Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-12-08· cited 9×
• Mason v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-12-23· cited 7×
• Baley v. Federal Signal Corporation
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-09-13· cited 6×
• Jackson v. Reliable Paste and Chemical Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-09-13· cited 5×

Cites

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

• Hunt v. Blasius
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-12-04· cited 209×
• Kerns v. Engelke
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-05-24· cited 196×
• Palmer v. Avco Distributing Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-10-17· cited 103×
• Rios v. Niagara MacHine & Tool Works
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-09-27· cited 80×
• Jordan v. Whiting Corp.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1976-04-01· cited 50×
• Weiss v. Rockwell Manufacturing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1973-01-15· cited 39×
• Mullen v. General Motors Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-09-04· cited 38×
• Lockett v. General Electric Company
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1974-04-29· cited 35×
• Thomas v. Kaiser Agricultural Chemicals
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-06-20· cited 33×
• Cuthbert v. Stempin
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-10-25· cited 32×
• Bernard J. Collins and Marian Collins v. The Ridge Tool Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1975-08-13· cited 31×
• Jordan v. Whiting Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1973-09-25· cited 31×
• Huff v. Elmhurst-Chicago Stone Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-03-31· cited 25×
• Derrick v. Yoder Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-09-16· cited 23×
• Peterson v. B/W CONTROLS, INC.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-08-02· cited 22×
• Keen v. Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-06-01· cited 20×
• Bakovich v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1963-11-22· cited 16×
• Karabatsos v. Spivey Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-05-19· cited 15×
• Geleto v. Giglietti
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-07-21· cited 8×
• Hepler v. Ford Motor Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-04-18· cited 7×