K-Mart Corp. v. Chairs, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• “The mere selling of a defective product by a retailer does not constitute ‘fault’ under Houdaille. Rather, the retailer is ‘vicariously, constructively, derivatively or technically liable’ in that instance.”
• “The mere selling of a defective product by a retailer does not constitute ‘fault’ under Houdaille held: innocent retailer of swing set may bring indemnity action against distributor and primary manufacturer where customer injured by swing set sues retailer
• Retailers have no duty to inspect for latent defects.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).