Shell Oil Co. v. Gutierrez

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting manufacturer’s argument that inadequate labelling was not cause of injury because user did not read the warning given; jury could have concluded that label was too small and that larger, more conspicuous label would have been seen, read and heeded
• “The determination as to whether the supplier’s duty measured by these considerations has been reasonably discharged comes within the function of the trier of fact.”
• whether product is defective because of a failure to warn depends upon the negligence standards of foreseeability, seriousness, and cost of preventing
• whether product is defective because of a failure to warn depends upon the negligence standards of foreseeability, seriousness, and cost of preventing
• “Lack of access to the final form in which the product reaches the user is simply one of the considerations bearing upon the existence and extent of duty.”
• \determination as to whether the supplier's duty . . . has been reasonably discharge[d] comes within the function of the trier of fact.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Alm v. Aluminum Co. of America
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 428×
• Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Zenobia
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-02-14· cited 337×
• Dambacher by Dambacher v. Mallis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-07-16· cited 190×
• Bloxom v. Bloxom
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1987-09-09· cited 167×
• Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1984-12-27· cited 102×
• Betty Adams, Joseph Adams v. Union Carbide Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-07-02· cited 100×
• Natural Gas Odorizing, Inc. v. Downs
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1997-09-18· cited 69×
• Johnson v. Johnson Chemical Co.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1992-10-13· cited 63×
• Jarrell v. Monsanto Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1988-10-07· cited 57×
• prod.liab.rep.(cch)p. 13,906 Lauren David Thornton v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-06-08· cited 55×
• Bushong v. Garman Co.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-12-07· cited 54×
• Brown v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1983-03-08· cited 45×
• Bliss v. Treece
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1983-01-07· cited 39×
• Ace Automotive Products, Inc. v. Van Duyne
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1987-09-29· cited 39×
• Powers v. Taser International, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2008-01-04· cited 36×
• Kavanaugh v. Kavanaugh
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-12-22· cited 34×
• Cota v. Harley Davidson, a Div. of AMF, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-03-21· cited 32×
• Kennedy v. Mobay Corp.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1990-09-28· cited 27×
• Rutledge v. Arizona Board of Regents
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1985-05-23· cited 25×
• Young v. Environmental Air Products, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1982-10-19· cited 23×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-09-10· cited 466×
• Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1968-01-22· cited 165×
• Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1972-05-18· cited 155×
• Martinez v. Dixie Carriers, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-03-29· cited 108×
• Norman I. Suchomajcz, Administrator of the Estate of Norman Suchomajcz, a Minor v. Hummel Chemical Company, Newark, New Jersey
  Third Circuit· 1975-09-24· cited 97×
• First National Bank Ex Rel. Huckleby v. Nor-Am Agricultural Products, Inc.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1975-04-30· cited 79×
• Sterling Jackson v. Coast Paint and Lacquer Company, a Corporation, and Reliance Universal Incorporated, a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1974-07-01· cited 76×
• West v. Broderick & Bascom Rope Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1972-04-13· cited 60×
• Anderson v. Klix Chemical Co.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1970-07-22· cited 52×
• DeSantis v. Parker Feeders, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1976-11-18· cited 26×
• Ulan v. Richtars
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1968-10-15· cited 25×
• Stroud v. Dorr-Oliver, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1976-01-16· cited 25×
• Walton v. Sherwin-Williams Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1951-08-15· cited 22×
• Jacobson v. Colorado Fuel And Iron Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1969-03-26· cited 17×
• Serrano v. Kenneth A. Ethridge Contracting Co.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1966-01-18· cited 17×
• Jansen v. Lichwa
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1970-10-06· cited 10×
• Hinson v. Phoenix Pie Company
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1966-06-29· cited 9×
• W. R. Skousen Contractor, Inc. v. Gray
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1976-02-26· cited 7×
• State v. Molina
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1967-06-06· cited 6×