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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 17 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 Hale Farms, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Company.

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1 Hale Farms, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Company Anchor
lactapp · 1991
green “reasonably foreseeable misuse that is contrary to the manufacturer's instructions.” 4
2 Hale Farms, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Company
lactapp · 1991
green “all intended uses, as well as all reasonably foreseeable uses and misuses of the product.” 4
3 Myers v. American Seating Co.
lactapp · 1994
green “any danger presented by standing on a folding chair is an obvious danger to a reasonable person.” 3
4 Johnson v. Black & Decker US, Inc.
lactapp · 1997
green “failed to prove that a saw properly equipped with a gravity guard would, more probably than not, have caused his injuries.” 3
5 Johnson v. Black & Decker US, Inc.
lactapp · 1997
green “perceived no manifest error in the jury's conclusion that his use of the unguarded saw was not reasonably anticipated....” 3

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