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· 2/1/1977

Menard v. Newhall

Citations

  • 373 A.2d 505
  • 135 Vt. 53
  • 94 A.L.R. 3d 287
  • 1977 Vt. LEXIS 552

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that if enough rebutting evidence is admitted, the presumption disappears and goes for naught
  • holding that after a plaintiff establishes a duty to warn and that inadequate warnings were provided, “‘a presumption is created that the [person to whom the warnings were directed] would have read the warning and heeded it”
  • 7-year-old child knows a BB gun can injure an eye, and Daisy need not warn of that danger
  • where child ignored instructions given by father, presumption that warning would have been read and heeded disappeared
  • affirming summary judgment in BB gun manufacturer’s favor because (1
  • creating rebuttable presumption of causation in failure to warn cases

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Judges: Daley, Larrow, Billings, Hill, Barney

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