Seely v. White Motor Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a manufacturer of a defective product is not subject to strict liability where the damages are purely economic
• concluding that if a defective product causes purely economic harm, tort liability is precluded, in order to preserve the law of warranty
• concluding that if a defective product causes purely economic harm, tort liability is precluded, in order to preserve the law of warranty
• finding that contract and warranty law is better suited to address purely economic losses
• dismissing a CLRA claim based on a manufacturer’s alleged duty to disclose where the omission did not implicate safety concerns
• dismissing a CLRA claim based on a manufacturer's alleged duty to disclose where the omission did not implicate safety concerns

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-16· cited 1,227×
• Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. National Tank Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-02-19· cited 846×
• Town of Alma v. AZCO Construction, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2000-09-18· cited 726×
• Board of Education v. A, C and S, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-10-25· cited 436×
• Robinson Helicopter Co., Inc. v. Dana Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 2004-12-23· cited 431×
• Ray v. Alad Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1977-02-24· cited 396×
• Cronin v. J.B.E. Olson Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1972-10-17· cited 336×
• Golden Eagle Distributing Corporation v. Burroughs Corporation, and Kirkland & Ellis
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-10-09· cited 315×
• Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation v. Caterpillar Tractor Company
  Third Circuit· 1981-07-24· cited 287×
• Sharyland Water Supply Corp. v. City of Alton
  Texas Supreme Court· 2011-10-21· cited 268×
• City of Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-11-18· cited 259×
• Nobility Homes of Texas, Inc. v. Shivers
  Texas Supreme Court· 1977-10-05· cited 256×
• Chemtrol Adhesives, Inc. v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1989-04-19· cited 247×
• Spring Motors Distributors, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1985-03-28· cited 246×
• Sensenbrenner v. Rust, Orling & Neale, Architects, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-11-18· cited 245×
• H. Rosenblum, Inc. v. Adler
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1983-06-09· cited 234×
• Bellevue South Associates v. HRH Construction Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1991-06-13· cited 227×
• Phipps v. General Motors Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-09-29· cited 219×
• Heavner v. Uniroyal, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1973-06-05· cited 218×
• Congregation of the Passion v. Touche Ross & Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-04-21· cited 216×

Cites

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

• Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1963-01-24· cited 1,019×
• Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1960-05-09· cited 786×
• Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1944-07-05· cited 411×
• Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1964-04-21· cited 384×
• Santor v. a & M KARAGHEUSIAN, INC.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1965-02-17· cited 357×
• Burr v. Sherwin Williams Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1954-04-16· cited 257×
• Sabella v. Wisler
  California Supreme Court· 1963-01-17· cited 214×
• Mazetti v. Armour & Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1913-10-08· cited 108×
• Woodbine v. Van Horn
  California Supreme Court· 1946-10-01· cited 96×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Anderson-Weber, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1961-08-15· cited 90×
• Grupe v. Glick
  California Supreme Court· 1945-06-29· cited 86×
• Peterson v. Lamb Rubber Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1960-06-23· cited 64×
• Morrow v. Caloric Appliance Corporation
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1963-11-11· cited 61×
• Hoskins v. Jackson Grain Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1953-02-20· cited 51×
• Continental Copper & Steel Indus., Inc. v. EC\ Red\ Cornelius, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1958-06-30· cited 48×
• Picker X-Ray Corp. v. General Motors Corp.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1962-11-28· cited 45×
• MacK v. Hugh W. Comstock Associates, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1964-03-16· cited 42×
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Curtiss-Wright Corp.
  New York Supreme Court· 1955-11-29· cited 42×
• Jarnot v. Ford Motor Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-12-17· cited 40×
• Allen v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1957-05-11· cited 32×