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· 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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