Legal Opinion
Zeller v. American Safety Razor Corp.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 12, 1983PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
A jury, by special verdicts (Mass.R.Civ.P. 49[a], 365 Mass. 812 [1974]), has fastened liability on the defendant manufacturer of surgical blades (ASR) the tips of two of which broke off when the blades were used by the defendant neurosurgeon (Dr. Cantu) as he attempted to make a cruciate incision in the annulus of the disc between the plaintiff’s fifth lumbar and first sacral vertebrae. Neither tip was recovered when the disc was removed, and the disc cavity was filled with methylmethacrylate to fuse the vertebrae and immobilize the tips. Roth defendants have appealed from the single revised…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DomanskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- H. E. Collins and Joetta Collins, Surviving Parents and Personal Representatives of Karen Collins, Deceased v. Wayne CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Back v. Wickes Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- DoCanto v. Ametek, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Cantu v. St. Paul CompaniesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Zeller v. CantuMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Wrobleski v. De LaraCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1998
- Zeller v. CantuMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985