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The Product Liability Mess: How Business Can Be Rescued From The Politics Of State Courts, Matthew Harris
The Product Liability Mess: How Business Can Be Rescued From The Politics Of State Courts, Matthew Harris
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Product Liability Mess: How Business Can Be Rescued from the Politics of State Courts by Richard Neely
The Irregular Issuance Of Warehouse Receipts And Article Seven Of The Uniform Commercial Code, Douglass G. Boshkoff
The Irregular Issuance Of Warehouse Receipts And Article Seven Of The Uniform Commercial Code, Douglass G. Boshkoff
Michigan Law Review
The draftsmen of Article Seven were well aware of the problems caused by irregular issuance of warehouse receipts and there will be fewer problems of irregularity under the Code for two reasons. First, the Code's formal requirements for issuance of warehouse receipts are less stringent than are those imposed by the UWRA, thereby lessening the chances of any irregularity occurring. Second, the Code contains two sections which aim to minimize the consequences of any irregularities which may occur. In this article I will discuss the types of defects that have been troublesome over the years, focussing on the ways in …
Article Eight: A Premise And Three Problems, Ernest L. Folk Iii
Article Eight: A Premise And Three Problems, Ernest L. Folk Iii
Michigan Law Review
This essay concerns itself with a basic premise and three problems concerning investment securities under Article Eight of the Uniform Commercial Code (Code). Although some amount of relevant exposition is necessary to make the arguments intelligible, general familiarity with the essentials of the Code's treatment of investment securities is assumed.
Passenger Carrier's Liability Extended Beyond Its Own Line By Ticket Sale Transaction--Ephraim V. Safeway Trails, Inc., Michigan Law Review
Passenger Carrier's Liability Extended Beyond Its Own Line By Ticket Sale Transaction--Ephraim V. Safeway Trails, Inc., Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, a Negro woman, purchased a roundtrip bus ticket in New York City for travel between there and Montgomery, Alabama. The ticket was sold by defendant, an interstate common carrier licensed to do business in New York, and consisted of a strip of coupon tickets, each good for a separate portion of the journey over the lines of defendant and other independent carriers. Printed on the back of each coupon was a clause limiting defendant's liability to its own line.1 Defendant received a ten per cent commission on those connecting tickets it sold for the other lines, and on the …
Bills And Notes-Payees By Impersonation And By Assumption Of A Name-Drawer's Intent And Commercial Policy, Stuart S. Gunckel S. Ed.
Bills And Notes-Payees By Impersonation And By Assumption Of A Name-Drawer's Intent And Commercial Policy, Stuart S. Gunckel S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Consider the following scheme for fraudulently obtaining money: A, a stranger to D, personally appears before D, represents himself as B and requests a loan. There is an existing person named B. For D's security a mortgage is produced in the name of B, but it has actually been penned by A. A check of the land records by D verifies that the land described in the mortgage is in fact owned by B. D, having satisfied himself as to the existence of B, draws a check payable to the …
Torts - Liability Of Supplier Of Chattel - Proof Of Manufacturer's Negligence, Whitmore Gray
Torts - Liability Of Supplier Of Chattel - Proof Of Manufacturer's Negligence, Whitmore Gray
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff service station operator brought an action to recover for injuries resulting from the explosion of one of defendant manufacturer's tires. The tire, while admittedly new, had been purchased by a third party some eighteen months before being brought to the plaintiff for mounting. In addition to his own testimony, the only evidence supporting plaintiff's claim of negligence was expert testimony that such an explosion could be caused by defective wire in the bead when a tire was inflated to normal pressure, and also that there was opportunity for negligence in defendant's manufacturing processes. The district court set aside the …
Impact Of The Commercial Code On Liability Of Parties To Negotiable Instruments In Michigan, Roy L. Steinheimer Jr.
Impact Of The Commercial Code On Liability Of Parties To Negotiable Instruments In Michigan, Roy L. Steinheimer Jr.
Michigan Law Review
Since the Uniform Commercial Code is now effective in Pennsylvania and is under active consideration by official bodies in other states, it seems appropriate to investigate in some detail the impacts which this proposed legislation would have upon the accumulated business, legislative and judicial understanding and experience in the commercial law area in a specific jurisdiction. As an illustration of the problems which will be faced by judges, lawyers and businessmen in any jurisdiction which adopts the code, the writer has chosen to analyze some impacts which the code would have on commercial law in Michigan. Space limitations make it …
Carriers Distinction Between Common Carriers And Contract Carriers, Marcus L. Plant
Carriers Distinction Between Common Carriers And Contract Carriers, Marcus L. Plant
Michigan Law Review
In the recent case of Ace-High Dresses, Inc. v. J.C. Trucking Co., the defendant was a corporation organized for the purpose of doing a general trucking business. At the time of the suit it was operating under separate contracts with five dressmaking establishments, one of which was the plaintiff. Under these contracts the defendant trucked dress goods every day except Sunday. The goods were taken on in New York, carried to New Haven, Hartford or Bridgeport, left there until processed, and then taken back to New York. The defendant's drivers had keys to the factories of the processors, entered …
Retail Responsibility And Judicial Law Making, John Barker Waite
Retail Responsibility And Judicial Law Making, John Barker Waite
Michigan Law Review
When the corner grocer sells a can of beans and a peck of fresh spinach, does he make himself responsible for the contents of the can, or acquire liability because of a green worm buried deep in the leaves?
Sales - Implied Warranty Of Fitness - Restaurateur
Sales - Implied Warranty Of Fitness - Restaurateur
Michigan Law Review
Defendant, proprietor of a hotel and dining room, served unwholesome food to the plaintiff who became ill as a result of its impurity. The plaintiff sued for the damages resulting from his illness, on the theory that there was an implied warranty that the food was fit for human consumption. Held, the serving of food for immediate consumption on the premises was not a "sale" within the Uniform Sales Act, and therefore there was no warranty attached under the terms of the Act, and there was no implied warranty of fitness of food so served at common law. Lynch …
Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review
Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
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Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review
Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Admiralty - Workmen's Compensation - Is a Hydroplane a Vessel? - Claimant was employed in the care and management of a hydroplane which was moored in navigable waters. The hydroplane began to drag anchor and drift toward the beach, where it was in danger of being wrecked. Claimant waded into the water and was struck by the propeller. Held, claimant is not entitled to compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Law, since a hydroplane while on navigable waters is a vessel, and therefore the jurisdiction of the admiralty excludes that of the State Industrial Commission. Reinhardt v. Newport Flying Service Corp. …