· 3/28/1986
Harriet Brooks v. Chrysler Corporation. Harriet Brooks v. Chrysler Corporation
Citations
- 786 F.2d 1191
- 252 U.S. App. D.C. 29
- 20 Fed. R. Serv. 251
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 24019
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- looking to both similarity of products as well as to the similarity of alleged defects
- “[e]vidence of prior instances is admissible on the issues of the existence of a design defect and a defendant's knowledge of that defect only if a plaintiff shows that the incidents ‘occurred under circumstances substantially similar to those at issue in the case at bar’ ”
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Judges: Wald, Mikva, Swygert, Seventh
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