State of Iowa v. Joseph Wayne Hanson Jr.

How courts have described this case

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

• “Familiarity with the governing law is more significant when legal issues presented are complex or unsettled.”
• design defect claims require evidence that “the design itself is the cause of the un- reasonable danger”
• failure to warn claims require evi- dence that “an intended use of the product is dangerous, but the manufacturer did not provide sufficient warning or in- struction”
• “‘Defective,’ for purposes of the consumer contemplation test, means that the product is ‘in a condition not contemplated by the ultimate consumer and unreasonably dangerous to that consumer.’”
• “When component manufacturers in- troduce defective components into the stream of commerce, they may be held liable for resulting injuries under the partic- ular circumstances of the case.”
• “Thomas was based on fail- ure to warn claims.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).