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· 6/19/1972

Hacker v. Gaffney

Citations

  • 407 U.S. 923
  • 92 S. Ct. 2471

How courts have described this case

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  • weighing totality of factors is required to determine reasonableness of reliance on a third party as a conduit of necessary product information
  • reasonable for suppliers of silica sand to rely on intermediary’s knowledge of silicosis because of amount of information available on the disease, regardless of whether suppliers actually assured themselves that intermediary knew of the information

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