Hiller v. Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA

How courts have described this case

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• emphasizing the state and condition of the product at the time it left the manufacturer’s hands
• affirming award of about 23% of actual fees because \[the litigation was complex and lengthy\
• exclusion of evidence not prejudicial where same evidence presented to the jury in a different form
• “A manufacturer, therefore, may introduce evidence that its product was substantially altered after leaving its possession, which evidence may rebut or overcome the plaintiff's showing that his injuries were a result of the product defect.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).