Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,315 Naomi Whitaker v. T.J. Snow Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 6, 1998No. 97-1596PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
One unintended effect of the workers’ compensation scheme in force in virtually every state has been to create an incentive for employees injured on the job to look for entities other than the employer who might be responsible (and able to pay) for the full consequences of their job-related injuries. The scope of products liability law, in turn, has in many cases pointed the way to potential defendants: even if the injured employee is limited in her remedies against the employer, she can require the company that manufactured an unreasonably dangerous product that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Shanahan v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Sandra M. Speer v. Rand McNally & Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Natural Gas Odorizing, Inc. v. DownsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1997
- Insul-Mark Midwest, Inc. v. Modern Materials, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1993
- Preston v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1981
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Reed v. Columbia St. Mary's Hosp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
- Mark Mason v. Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Valerie Bennett v. Mary Roberts, Marshal Aspinall, Timothy CostelloCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Esmont v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2005
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