Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc | |
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Court | Supreme Court of California |
Full case name | William B. Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc |
Decided | January 24, 1963 |
Citations | Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. (1963) 59 Cal.2d 57 [27 Cal.Rptr. 697, 377 P.2d 897] |
Case history | |
Prior action | On appeal from the Superior Court of San Diego |
Court membership | |
Judge sitting | Judge Roger J Traynor |
Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc, was a California torts case in which the Supreme Court of California dealt with the torts regarding product liability and warranty breaches. The primary legal issue of the case was to determine whether a manufacturer is strictly liable in tort when an article he places on the market proves to have a defect that causes injury to a human being.[1] The case was originally heard in a San Diego district court where the verdict was against the manufacturer. This verdict was appealed by the manufacturer to the Supreme Court of California which was presided by Gibson, C. J., Schauer, J., McComb, J., Peters, J., Tobriner, J., and Peek, J., and the opinion was delivered by Judge Roger J Traynor.
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