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· 7/14/1987

Simpson v. Standard Container Co.

Citations

  • 527 A.2d 1337
  • 72 Md. App. 199
  • 1987 Md. App. LEXIS 364

How courts have described this case

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  • “To determine whether a product is defective in its design, Maryland cases have generally used the ‘consumer expectation’ test.”
  • where, contrary to warnings to keep can away from children and out of living area, plaintiff left a can of gasoline in the basement of his home and children were injured and/or killed in fire they started while playing with gasoline, plaintiff barred from recovery by his own acts

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Judges: Moylan

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