Legal Opinion
Campos v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided December 21, 1984PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
SCHREIBER, J.
This failure-to-warn product liability case presents for consideration the effect of a foreseeable user’s knowledge of a danger on a manufacturer’s responsibility to distribute a product free from defect. Does that knowledge eliminate any duty to warn? Or is it a link to be considered on whether the failure to warn was a substantial factor in causing the accident and injuries?
Plaintiff Armando Campos 1 was born and raised in Portugal. He emigrated to this country in 1971. Shortly after his arrival in the United States he obtained a job…
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