Rodriguez v. Besser Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• extending manufacturer’s duty to warn to situations in which it is notified of third-party modification after the product has left its possession and control “would place an intolerable burden on the manufacturer”
• there must be a reasonably foreseeable risk for section 389 to apply; thus, if no risk of the harm alleged is reasonably foreseeable from the product’s use, a negligence action cannot be based on that use
• jury correctly instructed it could find defendant liable if modification foreseeable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Richard Stengel v. Medtronic Incorporated
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-01-10· cited 153×
• Rancho Pescado, Inc. v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-01-17· cited 98×
• Nicoletti v. Westcor, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1982-01-11· cited 81×
• Piper v. Bear Medical Systems, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-11-18· cited 50×
• Chavez v. Tolleson Elementary School District
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1979-03-22· cited 38×
• Pankratz v. Willis
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1987-06-04· cited 34×
• Contempo Construction Co. v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1987-02-26· cited 33×
• Flowers v. K-Mart Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1980-08-12· cited 32×
• Young v. Environmental Air Products, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1982-10-19· cited 23×
• Buckingham v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1998-05-29· cited 21×
• Collette v. Tolleson Unified School District, No. 214
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2002-09-12· cited 19×
• Gracyalny v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-12-15· cited 18×
• Rex Crim v. International Harvester Company and International Harvester Company Truck Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-05-21· cited 16×
• Wilson v. United States Elevator Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1998-06-01· cited 14×
• Trotter v. Hamill Manufacturing Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1985-06-18· cited 11×
• Raschke v. Carrier Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1985-05-15· cited 9×
• Smith v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1985-09-27· cited 6×
• First Nat. Bank of Arizona v. Dupree
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1983-03-17· cited 6×
• Tansy v. Morgan
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1979-12-26· cited 6×
• Readenour v. Marion Power Shovel
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1985-03-13· cited 2×

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1964-04-21· cited 384×
• Comstock v. General Motors Corp.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1959-11-25· cited 159×
• Ault v. International Harvester Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1974-12-12· cited 157×
• DoCanto v. Ametek, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-20· cited 108×
• Bradford v. Bendix-Westinghouse Auto. Air Brake Co.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1973-11-20· cited 94×
• Clemens v. Clark
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1966-11-23· cited 74×
• Lovejoy v. Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1956-12-07· cited 70×
• Nellie Mae Marker, Administratrix of the Estate of Donald Orvel Marker, Deceased v. Universal Oil Products Company, a Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1957-12-03· cited 63×
• Alvarez v. Felker Manufacturing Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1964-12-02· cited 61×
• Young Candy & Tobacco Company v. Montoya
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1962-06-20· cited 60×
• Pippen v. Denison Division of Abex Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1976-01-26· cited 57×
• Barnum v. Rural Fire Protection Company
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1975-06-26· cited 49×
• Braniff Airways, Inc., Phillip Addabbo, and Morton D. Stein, as of the Estate of Maurice Berg, Deceased v. Curtiss-Wright Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1969-05-19· cited 47×
• Ruth M. Noel and William H. Frantz, Executors of the Estate of Marshal L. Noel, Deceased, in No. 14727 v. United Aircraft Corporation, in No. 14730
  Third Circuit· 1965-02-15· cited 41×
• Tucker v. Collar
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1955-06-14· cited 41×
• Milam v. Milam
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1966-10-19· cited 35×
• Westerberg v. School District No. 792, Todd County
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1967-02-03· cited 34×
• Arizona Public Service Company v. Brittain
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1971-06-23· cited 28×
• Witt Ice & Gas Co. v. Bedway
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1951-05-28· cited 27×
• De Vito v. United Air Lines, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1951-05-24· cited 26×