Legal Opinion
Helen L. Huff, Administratrix of the Estate of Jessee Huff, Deceased v. White Motor Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 14, 1977No. 76-2086PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether a manufacturer has the duty to design a motor vehicle to avoid subjecting its users to unreasonable risks of harm when a faulty design, although not causing or contributing to the collision, produces or enhances an injury received in the accident. In this products liability action, based on diversity jurisdiction, we must look to Indiana law for the answer. Before starting our quest, we recite the essential facts.
On September 4, 1970 Jessee Huff was driving a truck-tractor manufactured by the defendant White Motor Corporation…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Lehman Brothers v. ScheinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Erling David Larsen v. General Motors Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Sidney Roginsky v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Martha Ann Brundage Rozier v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Turner v. General Motors Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1979
- Helen L. Huff, Administratrix of the Estate of Jessee Huff, Deceased, Cross-Appellant v. White Motor Corporation, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Philip Joseph Twohy, Jr. v. The First National Bank of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Smith v. Ariens Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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