Michigan Mutual Insurance v. Heatilator Fireplace

A manufacturer has an obligation to avoid negligence — i.e., "to conform to the legal standard of reasonable conduct in the light of the apparent risk.”1 A manufacturer also has an obligation to provide a product that is reasonably fit for the particular purpose intended.2

As part of the manufacturer’s obligation to avoid negligence and provide a product that is reasonably fit for the intended purpose, there may be an obligation to provide warnings. In the instant case, neither the pleadings nor the moving or responding papers identify with specificity what language would have constituted an…