· 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
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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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