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· 10/19/1995

Kane v. RD Werner Co., Inc.

Citations

  • 657 N.E.2d 37
  • 212 Ill. Dec. 342
  • 275 Ill. App. 3d 1035
  • 1995 Ill. App. LEXIS 791

How courts have described this case

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

  • agreeing that “a plaintiff who does not read an allegedly - inadequate warning cannot maintain a negligent-failure-to-warn action unless the nature of the alleged inadequacy is such that it prevents him from reading it”
  • holding proximate cause is necessary under negligent failure to warn claim
  • plaintiff who did not read allegedly inadequate warning cannot maintain a product liability action based on negligent failure to warn, unless nature of inadequacy is that it prevented him from reading the warnings

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Judges: O'Brien

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