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· 11/2/1981

Fredericks v. General Motors Corp.

Citations

  • 311 N.W.2d 725
  • 411 Mich. 712
  • 1981 Mich. LEXIS 291

How courts have described this case

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

  • unguarded die set owned by GM — product held not defective and not negligently entrusted to worker
  • “To sustain a cause of action for negligent entrustment a plaintiff must prove that defendant knew or should have known of the unreasonable risk propensities of the entrustee.”
  • product is defective if it is not reasonably safe for its foreseeable uses

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Judges: Blair, Coleman, Fitzgerald, Kavanagh, Levin, Moody, Ryan, Williams

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