Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.

Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc
Court	Supreme Court of California
Full case name	William B. Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc
Decided	January 24, 1963
Citation(s)	Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. (1963) 59 Cal.2d 57 [27 Cal.Rptr. 697, 377 P.2d 897]
Case history
Prior action(s)	On appeal from the Superior Court of San Diego
Court membership
Judge(s) 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.