· 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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