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· 10/21/1988

Huber v. Niagara MacH. and Tool Works

Citations

  • 430 N.W.2d 465
  • 1988 Minn. LEXIS 254
  • 1988 WL 108762

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a component, manufacturer had no duty to ensure the proper use of safety mechanisms for which regulations assigned responsibility to the employer when noncompliance was nót reasonably foreseeable to the component manufacturer
  • holding as a matter of law that a plaintiffs injury was not reasonably foreseeable. when it resulted from the disabling of a permanently affixed safety feature
  • noting that “failure to warn is a cause of action separate from defective design”
  • liability for failure to warn in Minnesota is based on principles of negligence
  • liability for failure to warn in Minnesota is based on principles of negligence

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Judges: Popovich, Coyne

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