Legal Opinion

Beerman v. Toro Manufacturing Corp.

Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals

Decided August 5, 1980No. 6368PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PADGETT, J.

In this case to recover damages for injuries caused by an allegedly defective lawn mower, plaintiffs-appellants appeal the granting of a partial summary judgment, the granting part way through plaintiffs-appellants’ case of an oral motion to dismiss and the taxation of costs.

The following issues are the subject of this appeal:

1. Whether appellants were properly required to produce the specific lawn mower alleged to be defective in order to prove its defective design.

2. Whether in this suit for personal injury against a manufacturer and distributor of an…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Stewart v. Budget Rent-A-Car CorporationHawaii Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Trowbridge v. Abrasive Co. Of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
  3. Shramek v. General Motors Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1966
  4. Kang v. HarringtonHawaii Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Porter v. SorellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Hangman Ridge Training Stables, Inc. v. Safeco Title InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Burgess v. PorterfieldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Lunsford v. MorrisTexas Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Hazelwood v. Illinois Central Gulf RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  5. Courbat v. Dahana Ranch, Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 2006

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