· 3/11/1977
Skyhook Corp. v. Jasper
Citations
- 560 P.2d 934
- 90 N.M. 143
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- no duty to make product safe when risk is obvious, known, and specifically warned against
- a manufacturer’s “failure to incorporate into a product a safety feature or device may constitute a defective condition of the product”
- fact that accident occurred is not in itself sufficient to support finding that product was unreasonably dangerous
- “there is no duty to warn of dangers actually known to the user of a product, regardless of whether the duty rests in negligence or in strict liability under § 402A,” 90 N.M. at 148
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Judges: Oman, McManus, Sosa, Easley, Payne
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