Legal Opinion
Cyr v. J.I. Case Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided December 14, 1994No. 93-166PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
This products liability case arose when a bulldozer backed into the plaintiff, Mark Cyr, and crushed his leg. Defendant J.I. Case Company (Case) manufactured the bulldozer and sold it to defendant Harold D. Smith & Sons, Inc. (Smith); Smith sold it to Cyr’s employer, who used it on the construction site where Cyr was working when the accident happened. Cyr *195sued the defendants in strict liability and negligence. At trial, causation was a major issue, and the litigation focused on the bulldozer’s lack of a back-up alarm and Cyr’s failure to notice the vehicle’s approach. The jury returned…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Thibault v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,441 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Geon Industries, Inc., Frank Bloom and Edwards & HanlyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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