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Massachusetts Appeals Court· 5/17/1978

Wolfe v. Ford Motor Co.

Citations

  • 376 N.E.2d 143
  • 6 Mass. App. Ct. 346
  • 100 A.L.R. 3d 731
  • 24 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 94
  • 1978 Mass. App. LEXIS 590

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 failure to give an adequate warning \permits the inference that it would have alerted the user to the danger and forestalled the accident.\
  • holding that the failure to give an adequate warning “permits the inference that it would have alerted the user to the danger and forestalled the accident.”
  • “[T]he ‘Recommended Inflation Pressures’ given in the manual were not presented as safety measures, the disregard of which, when coupled with overloading, could result in a serious accident.” (footnote omitted)
  • “It is clear that there should be no liability for failing to warn someone of a risk or hazard which he appreciated to the same extent as a warning would have provided”
  • no prejudice where, after trial judge allowed motion to amend complaint to add new claim, defendant failed to move for continuance to provide sufficient time to prepare its defense to new claim
  • “[TJhere is an obvious likelihood of overloading a camper with equipment and passengers by users who have had little or no experience in handling trucks, and this may require a more pointed warning than might otherwise be necessary.” (emphasis added)

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Judges: Hale, Goodman, Grant

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