· 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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