White v. Caterpillar, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the trial court erred by instructing the jury under the consumer expectation test, “rather than” under the risk-benefit test, where a truck driver alleged that his gasoline-delivery truck exploded due to a defectively designed engine
• reversing trial court because it failed to instruct the jury on the risk-benefit test
• “To support an instruction on the affirmative defense of negligence per se, defendants must show that plaintiff violated a regulation regulating his conduct and that the violation caused plaintiff’s injuries.”
• error in instructing on consumer expectation test was not harmless

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Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kokins v. Teleflex, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2010-10-14· cited 87×
• Oja v. Howmedica, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1997-04-16· cited 84×
• Vista Resorts, Inc. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2004-11-18· cited 29×
• Biosera, Inc. v. Forma Scientific, Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1997-07-21· cited 24×
• Bartholic v. Scripto-Tokai Corp.
  D. Colorado· 2000-12-14· cited 12×
• Heinrich v. Master Craft Engineering, Inc.
  D. Colorado· 2015-09-18· cited 12×
• Miller v. Solaglas California, Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1993-10-07· cited 10×
• People v. Suttmiller
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2010-05-27· cited 9×
• Ayala v. United States
  D. Colorado· 1993-12-20· cited 4×
• Walker v. Ford Motor Company
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2015-09-10· cited 3×
• Bolton v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2019-03-21· cited 2×
• Oja v. Howmedica
  Tenth Circuit· 1997-04-16· cited 1×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hiigel v. General Motors Corporation
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1976-02-09· cited 177×
• Union Supply Co. v. Pust
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1978-08-14· cited 138×
• Bradford v. Bendix-Westinghouse Auto. Air Brake Co.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1973-11-20· cited 94×
• Uptain v. Huntington Lab, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1986-08-25· cited 89×
• Armentrout v. FMC Corp.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-12-14· cited 79×
• Camacho v. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-07-13· cited 72×
• Kinard v. Coats Company, Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1976-05-13· cited 65×
• Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Heath
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1986-07-07· cited 44×
• Jackson v. Harsco Corp.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-11-29· cited 42×
• Huffman v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1990-04-18· cited 42×
• Schmutz v. Bolles
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1990-10-29· cited 39×
• Algis K. Rimkus and Matilde Rimkus v. Northwest Colorado Ski Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1983-06-06· cited 37×
• Jordan v. Bogner
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1993-01-11· cited 36×
• States v. RD Werner Co., Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1990-06-21· cited 28×
• Davis v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1985-12-19· cited 24×
• Lego v. Schmidt
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1990-08-23· cited 24×
• Schafer v. Hoffman
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1992-06-22· cited 23×
• Shaw v. General Motors Corp.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1986-05-01· cited 20×
• Potthoff v. Alms
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1978-06-08· cited 20×
• Locke v. Vanderark
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1992-04-09· cited 16×

Other cases named White v. Caterpillar, Inc.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• White v. Caterpillar, Inc.
  W.D. Missouri· 1991-06-26· cited 16×