Welch v. Scripto-Tokai Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• jury application of risk-utility analysis with requirement that plaintiff demonstrate safer alternative design
• “Although the feasibility of a safer design of a prod- uct may be relevant to the ordinary consumer’s expectations about that product, such feasibility is not controlling.”
• “Although the feasibility of a safer design of a prod- uct may be relevant to the ordinary consumer’s expectations about that product, such feasibility is not controlling.”
• jury application of risk-utility analysis with requirement that plaintiff demonstrate safer alternative design

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hernandez Ex Rel. Emeterio v. Tokai Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-08-26· cited 131×
• Calles v. Scripto-Tokai Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-02-16· cited 131×
• prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,298 Angelina and Jack McMahon v. Bunn-O-Matic Corporation, James River Paper Company, and Wincup Holdings, L.P.
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-07-02· cited 111×
• Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Group v. Blaskie
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-04-17· cited 85×
• Barbara Kaiser v. Johnson & Johnson
  Seventh Circuit· 2020-01-14· cited 79×
• R.N. Thompson & Associates, Inc. v. Monroe Guaranty Insurance
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1997-10-14· cited 33×
• Coffman v. PSI Energy, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-09-30· cited 32×
• Scott Weigle v. SPX Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-09-06· cited 32×
• Smock Materials Handling Co., Inc. v. Kerr
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-11-10· cited 29×
• County Line Towing, Inc. v. Cincinnati Insurance Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-07-22· cited 28×
• Baker v. Heye-America
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-12-09· cited 27×
• Lake States Insurance Co. v. Tech Tools, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2001-01-26· cited 25×
• prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,155 Dolores Moss and Larry Moss v. Crosman Corp. And Kmart Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-02-23· cited 23×
• McConnell v. Porter Memorial Hospital
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1998-08-31· cited 21×
• Robins v. Kroger Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1998-07-30· cited 21×
• Anderson v. P.A. Radocy & Sons, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-09-29· cited 21×
• Farrington v. Allsop
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1996-09-11· cited 20×
• Von Haden v. Supervised Estate of Von Haden
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1998-08-12· cited 18×
• Community Care Centers, Inc. v. Sullivan
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1998-11-17· cited 17×
• Indianapolis Podiatry, P.C. v. Efroymson
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-11-29· cited 16×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rosi v. Business Furniture Corp.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-06-18· cited 244×
• Rodney Todd, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Tiffany Todd v. Societe Bic, S.A., and Bic Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-05-26· cited 140×
• Curtis v. Universal Match Corp.
  E.D. Tennessee· 1991-09-27· cited 102×
• Koske v. Townsend Engineering Co.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1990-03-06· cited 90×
• Miller v. Todd
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1990-03-27· cited 52×
• National Board of Examiners for Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons, Inc. v. American Osteopathic Ass'n
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1994-12-27· cited 42×
• Cox v. American Aggregates Corp.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-10-28· cited 31×
• Hamilton v. Roger Sherman Architects Group, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-02-01· cited 25×
• Ragsdale v. K-Mart Corp.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1984-09-27· cited 22×
• Smith Ex Rel. Smith v. Amli Realty Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1993-05-27· cited 11×