Villar v. E W Bliss Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• relying on Fredericks to resolve the issue of manufacturer liability in favor of the defendant
• \[T]he specific use to which plaintiff's employer put the machine was not foreseeable without some evidence that defendant knew or should have known of the purchaser's unsafe use.\
• safety mechanism for punch press
• safety mechanism for punch press

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Johnson v. Corbet
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1985-11-13· cited 105×
• Pahuta v. Massey-Ferguson, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1999-03-29· cited 100×
• Pahuta v. Massey-Ferguson, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1999-03-01· cited 67×
• Reeves v. Cincinnati, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1989-04-03· cited 51×
• Taylor v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1984-12-04· cited 41×
• Sedgwick Insurance v. F.A.B.E. Custom Downstream Systems, Inc.
  E.D. Michigan· 2014-09-17· cited 27×
• Shipman v. Fontaine Truck Equipment Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1990-04-20· cited 26×
• Fernandez v. Ford Motor Co.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1994-05-04· cited 24×
• Westbrock v. Marshalltown Mfg. Co.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1991-07-23· cited 20×
• Steven Iliades v. Dieffenbacher North America Inc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2018-05-23· cited 20×
• Ghrist v. Chrysler Corp.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1996-05-01· cited 13×
• Trotter v. Hamill Manufacturing Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1985-06-18· cited 11×
• Van Every v. Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1985-03-13· cited 10×
• Wessels v. EW Bliss Co, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1989-04-06· cited 6×
• Sedgwick Insurance v. F.A.B.E. Custom Downstream Systems, Inc.
  E.D. Michigan· 2015-01-22· cited 2×
• People v. Hegedus
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1990-01-16· cited 1×
• Colman v. Gatto Machinery Development Corp.
  E.D. Michigan· 1992-07-07· cited 1×
• Deromedi v. Litton Industrial Products, Inc.
  W.D. Michigan· 1986-06-09

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Antcliff v. State Employees Credit Union
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1982-12-07· cited 99×
• Javis v. Board of Education of the School District
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1975-04-07· cited 82×
• Swoboda v. Ward
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1879-04-08· cited 62×
• Elsasser v. American Motors Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1978-02-22· cited 53×
• Socha v. Passino
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1979-02-05· cited 49×
• VanDusen v. Letellier
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1889-12-28· cited 47×
• Fredericks v. General Motors Corp.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1981-11-02· cited 32×
• Blanchard v. Monical MacHinery Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1978-06-20· cited 22×
• Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Walter Kidde & Co., Inc.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1982-10-07· cited 20×
• Kaukola v. Oliver Iron Mining Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1910-02-03· cited 17×
• Durkee v. Cooper of Canada, Ltd
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1980-08-28· cited 16×
• Antcliff v. State Employees Credit Union
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1980-02-05· cited 15×
• Baucino v. Fitzpatrick
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1915-06-07· cited 3×