Kokoyachuk v. Aeroquip Corp.

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• absent a legal duty, there can be no recovery in negligence as a matter of law
• summary judgment in favor of maker of refrigeration unit affirmed where there was nothing in record to suggest defendant had any control over the later assembly of the trailer into which the unit was installed
• summary judgment in favor of maker of refrigeration unit affirmed where there was nothing in record to suggest defendant had any control over the later assembly of the trailer into which the unit was installed
• “The determination of whether a duty to warn exists is normally a question of law; however, when the record is in dispute, it becomes a question of fact.”
• summary judgment in favor of maker of refrig­eration unit af­firmed where there was nothing in record to suggest defendant had any control over the later assembly of the trailer into which the unit was in­stalled
• “For a plaintiff to prevail under a theory of design negligence, he must show that the quality of a particular product is insufficient and that the duty of care on the part of the manufacturer required it to design something safer for the user.”

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