Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Clark Equipment Company

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided March 18, 1976PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*405HOWELL, J.

This is a products liability case in which plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injuries he sustained while operating a forklift truck manufactured and designed by defendant Clark Equipment Company and sold to plaintiff’s employer by defendant Topline Equipment Co. Plaintiff appeals from a jury verdict for defendants.

Plaintiff assigns as error the giving of certain instructions relating to the concept of strict liability as well as those concerning assumption of risk. The plaintiff also assigns as error the court’s failure to give his requested instructions on those issues.

Plaintif…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Williams v. Brown Manufacturing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Phillips v. Kimwood MacHine CompanyOregon Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Ferraro v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  4. Brown v. Quick Mix Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Anderson v. Klix Chemical Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1970

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Morningstar v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Cepeda v. Cumberland Engineering Company, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
  3. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. ChapmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. Emma Taylor v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
  5. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. ChapmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979

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