Sobczak v. General Motors Corp.

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

• providing that a “manufacturer has a nondelegable duty to produce a product that is reasonably safe for all intended uses.”
• in a product liability case involving an allegation of negligence, a plaintiff must establish the existence of a duty owed to the plaintiff by the defendant, a breach of that duty, an injury proximately and actually caused by that breach, and damages

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Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jablonski v. Ford Motor Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2011-09-22· cited 50×
• Malen v. MTD Products, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-11-19· cited 30×
• Deborah Johnson v. Edward Orton, Jr. Ceramic Foundation
  Seventh Circuit· 2023-06-20· cited 21×
• Patricia Ferraro v. Hewlett-Packard Company
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-07-03· cited 17×
• ExxonMobil Oil Corp. v. Amex Const. Co., Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2010-03-19· cited 12×
• Jablonski v. Ford Motor Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-02-01· cited 11×
• August v. Hanlon
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-09-06· cited 11×
• Baley v. Federal Signal Corporation
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-09-13· cited 6×
• Jablonski v. Ford Motor Company
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-02-01
• Deborah Johnson v. Edward Orton, Jr. Ceramic Foundation
  Seventh Circuit· 2023-06-21

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1967-05-18· cited 2,326×
• Coney v. J. L. G. Industries, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-09-30· cited 207×
• Gill v. Foster
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1993-11-18· cited 204×
• Lamkin v. Towner
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-10-04· cited 156×
• Calles v. Scripto-Tokai Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-02-16· cited 131×
• Hansen v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-01-25· cited 109×
• Turner v. Williams
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-12-17· cited 77×
• SUSNIS EX REL. SUSNIS v. Radfar
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-11-03· cited 70×
• Sinclair v. Berlin
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-09-28· cited 49×
• Marshall v. Osborn
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-04-25· cited 38×
• Hilgenberg v. Kazan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-05-10· cited 29×
• Carlson v. City Construction Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-11-13· cited 28×
• Wade v. City of Chicago Heights
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-03-31· cited 27×
• Sandburg-Schiller v. Rosello
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-10-28· cited 26×
• Johnson v. Amerco, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-08-05· cited 23×
• Tri-G, Inc. v. Burke, Bosselman and Weaver
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-10-19· cited 17×
• Volpe v. IKO Industries, Ltd.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-01-24· cited 17×
• Blue v. Environmental Engineering, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-12-31· cited 11×
• Bielaga v. Mozdzeniak
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-03-01· cited 10×

Other cases named Sobczak v. General Motors Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Sobczak v. General Motors Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-05-23