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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 19 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Simpson v. Standard Container Co..

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Simpson v. Standard Container Co. Anchor
mdctspecapp · 1987
green “to determine whether a product is defective in its design, maryland cases have generally used the 'consumer expectation' test.” 4
2 Philip Morris Inc. v. Angeletti
md · 2000
green “the lex loci delicti rule provides that 'the substantive tort law of the state where the wrong occurs' governs.” 4
3 Ames v. Apothecon, Inc.
mdd · 2006
green “the warning must only be reasonable, not the best possible one.” 4
4 Shreve v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
mdd · 2001
green “products liability law imposes on a manufacturer a duty to warn if the item produced has an inherent and hidden danger that the producer knows or should know could be a substantial factor in causing an injury.” 4
5 Parker v. Allentown, Inc.
mdd · 2012
green “must arise above surmise, conjecture or speculation.” 3

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