Legal Opinion
Donley v. Whirlpool Corporation
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided September 30, 1964No. Civ. A. 23629PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREEMAN, District Judge.
This is an action by the administrator of the estate of Carl Edward Donley, a deceased minor, against Whirlpool Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, for negligence and also for breach of express and implied warranties in the sale of a gas range to the grandfather of the deceased child in Arkansas. The plaintiff alleges that as a result of a faulty lamp and lamp socket in the stove, an electrical current short circuit occurred, which melted and welded the contacts of the lamp base and therefore charged the gas line connected to the stove with electric current.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Ruby Velandra and Roy Velandra v. Regie Nationale Des Usines Renault and Renault, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1964
- J. Polk Smartt and Isabel Smartt v. Coca-Cola Bottling Corporation (Sued as Cincinnati Coca-Cola Bottling Co.)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Raymond E. Danto, Associates, Inc. v. Arthur D. Little, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1970
- Deloro Smelting & Refining Co. v. Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1970
- McLouth Steel Corporation v. Jewell Coal and Coke CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- Storie v. Beech Aircraft Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1976
- Stewart v. Bus and Car Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1968
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