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Products Liability--Liability Of Transferee For Defective Products Manufactured By Transferor, P. Anthony Lannie
Products Liability--Liability Of Transferee For Defective Products Manufactured By Transferor, P. Anthony Lannie
Vanderbilt Law Review
In the landmark decision, Greenman v. Yuba Power Products,Inc., , the California Supreme Court eliminated a similar barrier to consideration of products liability goals-the breach of warranty theory designed to meet the needs of commercial transactions. Justice Traynor addressed the central question-"When should the manufacturer be responsible to those injured by his products?"'-and concluded that "rules . . .that were developed to meet the needs of commercial transactions cannot properly be invoked to govern the manufacturer's liability to those injured by their defective products unless those rules also serve the purposes for which such liability is imposed."' Confronted with another …