Keffer v. Wyeth

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he West Virginia Supreme Court has not stated one way or the other whether a design defect claim requires proof of a safer alternative design of the allegedly defective product.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Howard Nease v. Ford Motor Company
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-02-01· cited 186×
• Raab v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.
  S.D. West Virginia· 2015-12-15· cited 10×
• Mullins v. Ethicon, Inc.
  S.D. West Virginia· 2015-08-04· cited 8×
• Rheinfrank v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
  S.D. Ohio· 2015-10-02· cited 7×
• Judith Shears v. Ethicon, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2023-04-05· cited 6×
• Judith Shears v. Ethicon, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-07-22· cited 4×
• Knight v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharm., Inc.
  U.S. District Court· 2018-05-31· cited 1×
• Judith A. Shears and Gary F. Shears, Jr. v. Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2024-06-11

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• United States v. Diebold, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1962-05-14· cited 7,008×
• Charbonnages De France v. Frank B. Smith, Juanita Smith, Frank Smith, Jr., Smith Brothers Construction Company and Continental Coal Sales Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1979-05-03· cited 746×
• Eddie Williams v. J.H. Griffin, Superintendent J.C. Harris, Jr., Area Administrator Aaron J. Johnson, Secretary of Corrections
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-12-30· cited 666×
• Denny v. Ford Motor Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1995-12-05· cited 254×
• Sosebee v. Murphy
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-08-05· cited 237×
• Morningstar v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-04-03· cited 186×
• Caterpillar, Inc. v. Shears
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-12-22· cited 181×
• Kenneth Gumbs and Yvonne Gumbs v. International Harvester, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1983-09-30· cited 150×
• Russell v. Microdyne Corp.
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-09-28· cited 110×
• Ilosky v. Michelin Tire Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-07-05· cited 77×
• Bond v. Nibco, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1993-04-30· cited 53×
• Nancy L. Bly, Administratrix of Wayne A. Bly, Deceased v. Otis Elevator Company, a New Jersey Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1983-08-04· cited 49×
• Stephens v. G.D. Searle & Co.
  E.D. Michigan· 1985-02-14· cited 33×
• Jones, Inc. v. W. A. Wiedebusch Plumbing & Heating Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1973-12-11· cited 21×
• Sundberg v. Keller Ladder
  E.D. Michigan· 2002-03-21· cited 21×
• Hearn v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  D. Arizona· 2003-08-19· cited 20×
• Fritz v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2003-06-13· cited 19×
• David Mello and Phyllis Mello v. K-Mart Corporation
  First Circuit· 1986-06-04· cited 14×