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· 12/8/1987

Marriage of Larkin v. Larkin

Citations

  • 415 N.W.2d 924
  • 1987 Minn. App. LEXIS 5080

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that concepts of duty, breach, causation and damages are present in both negligent and strict liability failure to warn claims under Maryland law
  • observing that failure to warn claim requires proof of defective condition or hidden risk in product that caused injury
  • noting that there is no duty to warn of obvious or commonly-known dangers
  • “Warnings given to consumers are effective when the consumer is informed of a way in which the product can be used that nullifies or mitigates the risk.”
  • \Warnings given to consumers are effective when the consumer is informed of a way in which the product can be used that nullifies or mitigates the risk.\
  • “Certainly, it is true that a strict liability claim based on failure to warn bears a strong resemblance to a claim of negligence. Concepts of duty, breach, causation, and damages are present in both.”

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Judges: Iverson, Norton, Wozniak

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