· 7/12/1991
Wilhelm Winter Cynthia Zheng v. G.P. Putnam's Sons
Citations
- 938 F.2d 1033
- 19 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1053
- 91 Daily Journal DAR 8421
- 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 14654
- 1991 WL 124588
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- declining “to expand products liability law to embrace the ideas and expression in a book”
- plaintiffs became ill after eating poisonous mushrooms labeled as edible in book and asserted defective product claims against the publisher
- plaintiffs became ill after eating poisonous mushrooms labeled as edible in book and asserted defective product claims against the publisher
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Judges: Sneed, Tang, Thompson
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