Legal Opinion
McGlothlin v. M & U Trucking, Inc.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 2, 1997No. 53S05-9510-CV-1217PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
DICKSON, Justice.
When a defective chattel causes personal injury, should the legal duty owed by a supplier of the chattel rest upon whether the defect is considered “latent” rather than “patent”? We granted transfer to address the continued viability of the latent/patent distinction.’
On February 26,1990, the plaintiff, Robert McGlothlin, an employee of Thomson Consumer Electronics in Bloomington, Indiana, was injured while loading televisions into a semi-trailer when its landing gear 1 collapsed. The semi-trailer, owned by defendant Trans-america Leasing, Inc.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Webb v. JarvisIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
- Cowe Ex Rel. Cowe v. Forum Group, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1991
- Gariup Const. Co., Inc. v. FosterIndiana Supreme Court · 1988
- Hooks SuperX, Inc. v. McLaughlinIndiana Supreme Court · 1994
- Stump v. Commercial UnionIndiana Supreme Court · 1992
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Dutchmen Manufacturing, Inc. v. ReynoldsIndiana Supreme Court · 2006
- Foxworthy v. Heartland Co-Op, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2001
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