Hansen v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.

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• holding defective- design theory was properly submitted to a jury and the verdict does not contradict the manifest weight of the evidence
• declining to address issue of whether the risk-utility test includes \foreseeability\ as defined in the Restatement (Third) of Torts
• declining to address issue of whether the risk-utility test includes “foreseeability” as defined in the Restatement (Third) of Torts
• explaining that the doctrine also applies to the use of medical devices
• finding that evidence supported the jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiffs estate where the defendant made a different product that was designed to prevent the harm at issue at the cost of several cents per unit
• declining to address issue of whether the risk-utility test includes “foreseeability” as defined in the Restatement (Third) of Torts

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