Legal Opinion
Terry E. Estrada and Phillip Estrada v. Schmutz Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 6, 1984No. 83-2524PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to consider the scope and application of Indiana’s “open and obvious” rule of products liability. Terry Estrada worked in a factory in Indiana owned by Anheuser-Busch. Her job was to feed bags into a bag printer that had been manufactured by the Schmutz Manufacturing Company. The ink for the rollers through which the bags pass comes from an inkwell in the machine. Although Schmutz sells paste ink to use with its machines, Anheuser-Busch had bought liquid ink from another supplier, and this ink leaked from the inkwell and as a result the rollers…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- American Optical Co. v. WeidenhamerIndiana Supreme Court · 1983
- Shanks v. A.F.E. Industries, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1981
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3Cited by22 opinions
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