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· 9/24/1975

John A. Karjala v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation

Citations

  • 523 F.2d 155
  • 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 12648

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a manufacturer may “be held liable for failing to warn if, while held to the ‘knowledge and skill of an expert,’ it did not disclose to the public those dangers inherent in its product ‘that the application of reasonable foresight would reveal’ ”
  • “A manufacturer has a duty to test and inspect his products, and the extent of such research and experiment must be commensurate with the dangers involved.”
  • under Minnesota law, statute of limitations on personal injury claims begins to run when \some harm or impairment has manifested itself which can be shown to have been caused by an act or omission for which the defendant would be liable\

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Judges: Matthes, Ross, Webster

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