Thomas v. . Winchester

How courts have described this case

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

• ultimate consumer could sue manufacturer who negligently mislabeled a bottle of poison, although the consumer bought the bottle from a druggist
• belladonna, a poison, mislabeled by manufacturer, who in turn sold it to a druggist, who in turn sold it to a customer; customer allowed to recover from manufacturer
• drug manufacturer carelessly labeled deadly poison as harmless

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Suvada v. White Motor Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1965-05-20· cited 671×
• Longines-Wittnauer Watch Co. v. Barnes & Reinecke, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1965-05-27· cited 557×
• Azzarello v. Black Bros. Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 413×
• Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1944-07-05· cited 411×
• Rozny v. Marnul
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1969-05-26· cited 360×
• Schumacher v. Richards Shear Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-06-14· cited 271×
• H. Rosenblum, Inc. v. Adler
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1983-06-09· cited 234×
• Carter v. Yardley & Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-01-17· cited 190×
• Devlin v. . Smith
  New York Court of Appeals· 1882-10-10· cited 164×
• Comstock v. General Motors Corp.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1959-11-25· cited 159×
• Huset v. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1903-02-26· cited 155×
• Flaherty v. Weinberg
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-05-28· cited 146×
• Guinan v. Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-06-04· cited 144×
• Council of Co-Owners Atlantis Condominium, Inc. v. Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-11-14· cited 125×
• Mazetti v. Armour & Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1913-10-08· cited 108×
• Spruill v. Boyle-Midway, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1962-09-08· cited 92×
• State v. Hatfield
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1951-02-09· cited 88×
• Martin v. Bengue, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1957-12-09· cited 85×
• Roddy v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1891-04-15· cited 79×
• Bocre Leasing Corp. v. General Motors Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1995-01-10· cited 77×