Myrlak v. Port Auth. of NY and NJ

How courts have described this case

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• holding that trial court “adequately informed the jury that it could rely on circumstantial evidence”
• noting that elements of prima facie product liability case are proof product was defective, defect existed when product left manufacturer’s control, defect proximately caused injuries to plaintiff, and plaintiff was reasonably foreseeable or intended user
• noting that elements of prima facie product liability case are proof product was defective, defect existed when product left manufacturer's control, defect proximately caused injuries to plaintiff, and plaintiff was reasonably foreseeable or intended user
• stating, to invoke res ipsa loquitur, plaintiff must establish occurrence ordinarily bespeaks negligence, instrumentality within defendant’s exclusive control, and injury not result of plaintiffs own voluntary act or neglect
• stating, to invoke res ipsa loquitur, plaintiff must establish occurrence ordinarily bespeaks negligence, instrumentality within defendant's exclusive control, and injury not result of plaintiff's own voluntary act or neglect
• adopting section 3 in a case involving a collapsed five-week-old chair

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).