Haley v. Swift & Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Bayfield county; G-. N. Risjoel, Circuit Judge. The complaint in this action alleges that the plaintiff is a minor of the age of one year and that this action is brought by his duly appointed and qualified guardian ad litem.
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Appeal from an order of tbe circuit court for Bayfield county; G-. N. Risjoel, Circuit Judge. The complaint in this action alleges that the plaintiff is a minor of the age of one year and that this action is brought by his duly appointed and qualified guardian ad litem. Eor a cause of action it is alleged that the defendant is a foreign corporation engaged in the wholesale meat-packing business, and that as part of its business it manufactures and sells link sausage; that it maintains a cold storage warehouse ■at the city of Ashland for the storage of its products and commodities intended for…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebecKER, J.
In the case of Hasbrouck v. Armour & Co. 139 Wis. 357, 121 N. W. 157, the court declared tbat “a manufacturer or vendor making and selling an article intended to preserve or affect human life is liable to third persons who sustain injury caused by bis negligence in preparing, compounding, labeling, or directing the use of such articles, if such injury to others might have been reasonably foreseen in the exercise of ordinary care.” The basis of the decision recognizes the distinction between acts which are imminently dangerous in their effects upon human life, limbs, and health and those that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. DeselmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Wellington v. Downer Kerosene Oil Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Bishop v. WeberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Hasbrouck v. Armour & Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
- Clement v. Crosby & Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1907
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- Mazetti v. Armour & Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1913
- Friend v. Childs Dining Hall Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Chysky v. . Drake Brothers Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Klein v. Duchess Sandwich Co., Ltd.California Supreme Court · 1939
- Race v. . KrumNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
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