W. M. Bashlin Co. v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• refusing to hold an employer liable to a manufacturer or supplier upon a joint tortfeasor theory
• holding the employer is immune from third-party tortfeasors’ claims
• “more than one theory of liability may properly be used in matters involving products liability”
• “In matters involving worker’s compensation benefits the employer shall be immune from third party tortfeasors’ claims.”
• “It is clear that the legislature intended assumption of the risk to be viewed as an element of comparative fault.”
• it is the duty of the judge to instruct the jury, and each party to the proceeding has the right to have jury instructed upon the law of the case with clarity and in such a manner as to leave no ground for misrepresentation or mistake.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).