Palmer v. Avco Distributing Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• applying § 402A, held product to be in defective condition, unreasonably dangerous
• unreasonable danger can be proved in two ways, including “evidence that the Avco spreader could have been designed to prevent a foreseeable harm without hindering its function or increasing its price”
• giving examples from other jurisdictions

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Cited by

73 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Soule v. General Motors Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1994-10-27· cited 844×
• Elbaor v. Smith
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-01-20· cited 566×
• Sollami v. Eaton
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-06-06· cited 190×
• Hammond v. North American Asbestos Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-05-18· cited 157×
• Lamkin v. Towner
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-10-04· cited 156×
• Wilson v. Hoffman Group, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-10-25· cited 156×
• Mikolajczyk v. Ford Motor Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2008-12-18· cited 149×
• Rodney Todd, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Tiffany Todd v. Societe Bic, S.A., and Bic Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-05-26· cited 140×
• Freund v. Cellofilm Properties, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-07-30· cited 120×
• Blue v. Environmental Engineering, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-04-07· cited 109×
• Ogg v. City of Springfield
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-01-05· cited 69×
• Nicholl v. Scaletta
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-02-26· cited 62×
• Riordan v. International Armament Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-04-04· cited 60×
• Scoby v. Vulcan-Hart Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-03-28· cited 54×
• Holmes v. Sahara Coal Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-03-13· cited 54×
• Leaf v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1999-03-24· cited 52×
• Leroy Faucett v. Ingersoll-Rand Mining & MacHinery Company, a Division of Ingersoll-Rand Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-04-02· cited 51×
• Pell v. Victor J. Andrew High School
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-04-06· cited 48×
• Renfro v. Allied Industrial Equipment Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-04-14· cited 46×
• Wortel v. Somerset Industries, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-05-24· cited 41×

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Suvada v. White Motor Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1965-05-20· cited 671×
• Barker v. Lull Engineering Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1978-01-16· cited 581×
• Williams v. Brown Manufacturing Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1970-03-24· cited 327×
• Genaust v. Illinois Power Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-01-20· cited 279×
• Dunham v. Vaughan & Bushnell Mfg. Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1969-01-29· cited 224×
• Hunt v. Blasius
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-12-04· cited 209×
• Kerns v. Engelke
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-05-24· cited 196×
• Woodill v. Parke Davis & Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-02-22· cited 191×
• Winnett v. Winnett
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-03-29· cited 169×
• Lawson v. G. D. Searle & Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-10-01· cited 151×
• Reese v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 118×
• Tampa Drug Company v. Wait
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1958-05-07· cited 115×
• Rucker v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-10-19· cited 110×
• Anderson v. Hyster Company
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-01-26· cited 82×
• Sterling Jackson v. Coast Paint and Lacquer Company, a Corporation, and Reliance Universal Incorporated, a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1974-07-01· cited 76×
• Pan-Alaska Fisheries, Inc. v. Marine Construction & Design Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-12-13· cited 74×
• Kozlowski v. John E. Smith's Sons Co.
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1979-02-27· cited 72×
• Thelma Greiner v. Volkswagenwerk Aktiengeselleschaft and Volkswagen of America, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1976-06-29· cited 67×
• De Lude v. Rimek
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1953-12-01· cited 66×
• Stambaugh v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1976-09-24· cited 63×

Other cases named Palmer v. Avco Distributing Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Palmer v. Avco Distributing Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-08-08· cited 10×