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· 12/4/1978

Hunt v. Blasius

Citations

  • 384 N.E.2d 368
  • 74 Ill. 2d 203
  • 23 Ill. Dec. 574
  • 1978 Ill. LEXIS 387

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that the government contractor defense encourages bidders for government contracts and fosters lower costs for taxpayers
  • addressing contractor’s liability for road sign manufactured and installed according to government contract
  • contractor may be liable in negligence if it follows specifications that are \so obviously dangerous that no competent contractor would follow them\
  • “[plroducts liability does not make the manufacturer an insurer of all foreseeable accidents which involve its prod-ucts_”
  • \[p]roducts liability does not make the manufacturer an insurer of all foreseeable accidents which involve its products....\
  • contractor may be liable in negligence if it follows specifications that are Aso obviously dangerous that no competent contractor would follow them@

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Judges: Moran

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