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· 2/22/1994

prod.liab.rep.(cch)p. 13,784 Richard Welge v. Planters Lifesavers Company

Citations

  • 17 F.3d 209
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 3081
  • 1994 WL 51314

How courts have described this case

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

  • assuming no consumer misuse, the shattering of a glass jar does not happen absent a defect
  • “[t]he plaintiff in a products liability [action] is not required to exclude every possibility, however fantastic or remote, that the defect [that] led to the accident was caused by someone other than one of the defendants”

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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Mihm

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