Ryan v. Zweck-Wollenberg Co.

It is a definitely settled principle of law in this state that a manufacturer who places a manufactured article in trade and commerce not inherently, but because of its negligent construction, imminently dangerous to life and limb, is liable to one who sustains injuries by reason of such negligent construction. Flies v. Fox Bros. Buick Co. (1928), 196 Wis. 196, 207, 218 N. W. 855; and Marsh Wood Products Co. v. Babcock & Wilcox Co. (1932), 207 Wis. 209, 223, 240 N. W. 392.

In the recent case of Beadles v. Servel, Inc. (1951), 344 Ill. App. 133, 143, 100 N. E. (2d) 405, 410, plaintiff…