· 6/16/2000
Morden v. Continental AG
Citations
- 2000 WI 51
- 611 N.W.2d 659
- 235 Wis. 2d 325
- 2000 Wisc. LEXIS 392
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that the remoteness and superseding cause analysis is “a restatement of the old chain of causation test”
- “In a negli- gence action, by contrast, it is not necessary to show that the condition of the product reached the level of unreasonable dangerousness.”
- “It is sufficient [in strict liability] for the plaintiff to show that the product reached him in a dangerously defective condition.” (emphasis added
- product misuse is an affirmative defense
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