Gilbertson v. Rolscreen Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• window manufacturer not liable to mental patient who kicked window out and was injured in jump to the ground
• “Even if we were to accept the plaintiffs argument that [the] ‘product’ was unreasonably dangerous, we would still be compelled to find for the defendants here, for the defendants have not been shown to be the legal cause of plaintiffs injury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kleen v. Homak Manufacturing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-03-30· cited 26×
• Patricia Ferraro v. Hewlett-Packard Company
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-07-03· cited 17×
• Broussard v. Houdaille Industries, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-05-19· cited 14×
• McCall v. Chicago Board of Education
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-04-14· cited 11×
• Rodriguez v. Glock, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1998-12-08· cited 8×
• Wilson Ex Rel. Wilson v. Formigoni
  N.D. Illinois· 1993-08-09· cited 3×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1967-05-18· cited 2,326×
• Merlo v. Public Service Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1942-11-17· cited 369×
• Palmer v. Avco Distributing Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-10-17· cited 103×
• Moehle v. Chrysler Motors Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-12-17· cited 101×
• Anderson v. Hyster Company
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-01-26· cited 82×
• Holbrook v. Peric
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-12-28· cited 29×
• Nelson v. Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-05-06· cited 26×
• Curry v. Louis Allis Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-09-24· cited 25×
• Barr v. Rivinius, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-03-15· cited 21×
• Schierer v. Ameritex Division, United Merchants & Manufacturers, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-02-11· cited 15×
• Dugan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-09-09· cited 15×
• Falkenbury v. Elder Cadillac, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-08-13· cited 14×
• Sanchez v. Bock Laundry MacHine Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-06-30· cited 8×
• Moehle v. Chrysler Motors Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-09-17· cited 6×