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6 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1893–2007 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.green2 sentences2007Hood & Sons v. Ford Motor Co., 370 Mass. 69, 75 (1976). 2002Hood & Sons v. Ford Motor Co., 370 Mass. 69, 75 (1976). | 5 | 5 |
MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.green2 sentences2007Failure to Warn Generally, “a manufacturer of a product, which the manufacturer knows or should know is dangerous by nature or is in a dangerous condition,” is under a duty to give warning of those dangers to “persons who it is foreseeable will come in contact with, and consequently be endangered by, that product.” MacDonald v. Ortho Pharm Corp., 394 Mass. 131, 135 (1985), quoting H.P. 2002In Massachusetts, a manufacturer who knows or should know that its product is inherently dangerous or in a dangerous condition is “under a duty to give warning of those dangers to ‘persons who it is foreseeable will come in contact with, and consequently be endangered by, that product.’ ” MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp., 394 Mass. 131, 135 , cert. denied, 474 U.S. 920 (1985), quoting from H.P. | 1 | 3 |
Slate v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.green1 sentence1989We have previously stated that “a manufacturer of a product, which the manufacturer knows or should know is dangerous by [its] nature or is in a dangerous condition,” is under a duty to give warning of those dangers to “persons, who it is foreseeable will come in contact with, and consequently be endangered by, that product.” Slate v. Bethlehem Steel Corp., 400 Mass. 378, 381 (1987), quoting MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp., supra at 135, quoting H. | 1 | 1 |
Mitchell v. Sky Climber, Inc.green1 sentence1987Hood & Sons v. Ford Motor Co., 370 Mass. 69, 75 (1976). *382 See Mitchell v. Sky Climber, Inc., 396 Mass. 629, 631-632 (1986). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Eagle Books, Inc. v. Jones
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2 sentences2002In Massachusetts, a manufacturer who knows or should know that its product is inherently dangerous or in a dangerous condition is “under a duty to give warning of those dangers to ‘persons who it is foreseeable will come in contact with, and consequently be endangered by, that product.’ ” MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp., 394 Mass. 131, 135 , cert. denied, 474 U.S. 920 (1985), quoting from H.P. 1987We have stated that “ ‘a manufacturer of a product, which the manufacturer knows or should know is dangerous by nature or is in a dangerous condition,’ is under a duty to give warning of those dangers to ‘persons who it is foreseeable will come in contact with, and consequently be endangered by, that product. ’ ” MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp., 394 Mass. 131, 135 , cert. denied, 474 U.S. 920 (1985), quoting H.P. | 2 | 1987–2002 |
Tyler v. Old Colony Railroad
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1 sentence1893With reference to the plaintiff’s care, this case might be found not to be governed by the decisions cited in Tyler v. Old Colony Railroad, 157 Mass. 336, 340 , asserting the obligation to use eyes as well as ears even where there is a duty to give warning by sound. | 1 | 1893–1893 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.