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· 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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