Zafft v. Eli Lilly & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• causal relationship between defendant and injury must be proved
• causal relationship between defendant and injury must be proved
• strict liability not limited to sellers

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• ITT Commercial Finance Corp. v. Mid-America Marine Supply Corp.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1993-04-20· cited 2,373×
• Hymowitz v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1989-04-04· cited 207×
• King General Contractors, Inc. v. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1991-12-17· cited 149×
• Nesselrode v. Executive Beechcraft, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1986-03-25· cited 145×
• Smith v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-10-01· cited 116×
• Gaulding v. Celotex Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1989-06-07· cited 104×
• Kansas City v. Keene Corp.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1993-05-25· cited 99×
• Patrick Blanks v. Fluor Corporation
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2014-09-16· cited 76×
• Magee v. Blue Ridge Professional Building Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1991-12-17· cited 75×
• City of Philadelphia v. Lead Industries Ass'n
  Third Circuit· 1993-05-11· cited 75×
• Shackil v. Lederle Laboratories
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1989-07-31· cited 73×
• Conley v. Boyle Drug Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-11-01· cited 66×
• Celotex Corp. v. Copeland
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-06-13· cited 65×
• In re Tetracycline Cases
  W.D. Missouri· 1985-10-01· cited 63×
• Colgan v. Washington Realty Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1994-05-31· cited 61×
• Elam v. Alcolac, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1988-11-01· cited 61×
• American Standard Insurance Co. v. Hargrave
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2000-12-05· cited 58×
• Belton v. Board of Police Commissioners
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1986-04-15· cited 57×
• Hazel CHISM, Patricia Meier, Mark Chism, Kent Chism, Appellants, v. W.R. GRACE & COMPANY, Appellee
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-10-21· cited 54×
• Peters v. General Motors Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2006-10-02· cited 50×

Cites

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

• Thummel v. King
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1978-09-12· cited 859×
• Summers v. Tice
  California Supreme Court· 1948-11-17· cited 428×
• Payton v. Abbott Labs
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-22· cited 399×
• Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories
  California Supreme Court· 1980-03-20· cited 373×
• Keener v. Dayton Electric Manufacturing Company
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1969-09-08· cited 263×
• Abel v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1984-02-06· cited 188×
• Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1972-05-18· cited 155×
• Bichler v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1982-05-11· cited 155×
• Warner v. St. Louis & Meramec River Railroad
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1903-11-25· cited 80×
• Wilford Leroy Thompson, Jr. v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp., Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-09-16· cited 79×
• Ryan v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  D. South Carolina· 1981-05-14· cited 79×
• Cherry v. City of Hayti Heights
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1978-03-13· cited 54×
• Lyons v. Premo Pharmaceutical Labs, Inc.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1979-08-08· cited 45×
• Ferrigno v. Eli Lilly and Co.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1980-07-02· cited 44×
• Morton v. Abbott Laboratories
  M.D. Florida· 1982-03-25· cited 44×
• O'NEILL v. Claypool
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1960-12-12· cited 37×
• City of Kirkwood v. City of Sunset Hills
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1979-08-21· cited 30×
• Sheffield v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1983-06-08· cited 30×
• Scott v. Thornton
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1972-09-11· cited 30×
• Katz v. Slade
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1970-12-14· cited 29×