Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a “manufacturer of a completed product cannot escape liability by tracing the defect to a component part supplied by another”
• holding that a “manufacturer of a completed product cannot escape liability by tracing the defect to a component part supplied by another”
• holding that a manufacturer’s and a retailer’s liability should be imposed irrespective of fault
• holding “a retailer engaged in the business of 20 distributing goods to the public” can be “liable in tort for personal injuries caused by 21 defects” in products “sold by it”
• “[s]ince [the dealer] is strictly liable in tort, the fact that it restricted its contractual liability to [plaintiff] is immaterial.”
• “Retailers like manufacturers are engaged in the business of distributing goods to the public. They are an integral part of the overall producing and marketing enterprise that should bear the cost of injuries resulting from defective products.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).