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· 10/23/2009

Scott v. Dutton-Lainson Co.

Citations

  • 774 N.W.2d 501
  • 70 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 77
  • 2009 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 116
  • 2009 WL 3415937

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that the Iowa Supreme Court adopted the Restatement (Third) in Wright v. Brooke Group Ltd., 652 N.W.2d 159 (Iowa 2002)
  • recognizes that strict liability is appropriate in manufacturing defect cases, but not defective product cases
  • “[A] breach of warranty claim will require proof of the standard for either a manufacturing defect, a design defect, or a failure to warn.”
  • “Failure to warn claims cannot be brought under a theory of strict liability.”

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Judges: Streit

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