Wilson Foods Corp. v. Turner

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• applying “the evidentiary rule in Georgia favoring the admission of any relevant evidence, no matter how slight its probative value”
• “When such suits are grounded on either a strict liability or negligence theory, proximate cause is a necessary element of the plaintiff’s case.”
• “When [products liability] suits are grounded on either a strict liability or negligence theory, proximate cause is a necessary element of the plaintiff’s case.”
• “Generally, questions of negligence and proximate cause are peculiarly questions for the jury.” (citations omitted)
• evidence of subsequent remedial measures generally inadmissible to show negligence
• plaintiff could still obtain relief based on a claim grounded on the design of the container or the failure to adequately communicate the specific warning, even though the plaintiff could not contest the substance of any warning actually presented because the plaintiff failed to read it

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).