Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that a plaintiff consumer who did not give timely notice of an express warranty breach was not barred from bringing an express warranty suit
• concluding that the “notice requirement ... is not an appropriate one for the court to adopt in actions by injured consumers against manufacturers with whom they have not dealt”
• holding that the cost of injuries caused by defective products should be \borne by the manufacturers that put such products on the market rather than by the injured persons who are powerless to protect themselves.\
• holding a manufacturer strictly liable in tort for injury to plaintiff caused by defective power tool
• holding a manufacturer's liability should be imposed irrespective of fault
• holding a manufacturer's liability should be imposed irrespective of fault

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).