· 4/1/1981
Garman v. Magic Chef, Inc.
Citations
- 117 Cal. App. 3d 634
- 173 Cal. Rptr. 20
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding it \semantic nonsense\ to say that absence of a warning to check for gas leaks in other products makes a physically nondefective stove defective
- no duty to warn when stove caused gas explosion due to a propane leak from a wholly unrelated product in the vicinity
- no duty to warn when stove caused gas explosion due to a propane leak from a wholly unrelated product in the vicinity
- “Causation is a necessary element in strict liability just as it is in negligence liability.”
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Judges: Beach
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