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· 7/17/1989

Phillips v. Town of West Springfield

Citations

  • 540 N.E.2d 1331
  • 405 Mass. 411
  • 9 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 535
  • 2 A.L.R. 5th 990
  • 1989 Mass. LEXIS 216

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that the foreign-natural test’s focus on the product in its natural form failed to recognize that sellers might fairly be held responsible in some instances for natural substances in food that caused injury
  • “The pertinent reasonable expectations are those of the ordinary purchaser of the type who purchases the product in question”
  • proper for trier of fact to apply the reasonable expectations test when plaintiff coughed up and clearly identified a one and one-half inch hooked turkey bone
  • turkey bone in cubed turkey

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor

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