Farmer v. International Harvester Company

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• truck’s steering froze even though all routine maintenance had been performed by the truck’s only owner
• elements of prima facia case are the same regardless of negligence theory or strict liability theory
• defective nature of product under Restatement § 402A is question of fact
• defective nature of product under Restatement § 402A is question of fact
• “A prima facie case may be proved by direct or circumstantial evidence of a malfunction of the product and the absence of evidence of abnormal use and the absence of evidence of reasonable secondary causes which would eliminate liability of the defendant.”
• \A prima facie case may be proved by direct or circumstantial evidence of a malfunction of the product and the absence of evidence of abnormal use and the absence of evidence of reasonable secondary causes which would eliminate liability of the defendant.\

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