· 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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