Prutch v. Ford Motor Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• suggesting that there is an obligation imposed by the UCC on buyers to mitigate incidental and consequential damages caused by a seller's breach
• consumer must establish that the defect arose in the course of manufacturer-distribution and before purchase
• “To impose an impossible or unreasonably onerous burden of proof is to deny many consumers a meaningful remedy.”
• “‘[T]he plaintiffs’ burden is limited to showing a defect existed at the time the [product] in question first came into the plaintiffs’ possession.’”
• “Recovery of lost profits is determined by whether the consequences resulting in damages were foreseeable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).