prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 12,543 Ashley Elliott v. Brunswick Corporation, Appeal of Mercury Marine, a Division of Brunswick Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• liability requires more than just showing that \the use of [a] product involves some risk\
• “We do not mean to suggest, by our holding today, that the propeller industry may never design a feasible propeller guard….”
• where plaintiff injured when she jumped into water next to pleasure boat, boat’s unguarded propeller not dangerous beyond expectation of ordinary consumer because “consumer clearly understands that a revolving propeller involves danger”
• evidence of “an experimental propeller guard, useful for some purposes” is not a basis for liability for “failure to adapt and refine that design into one feasible for use on planing propeller craft”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).