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Michigan Law Review

1958

Commercial Law

Manufacturer

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Negligence - Duty Of Care - Manufacturer's Duty To Warn Of Obvious Dangers, George R. Haydon Jr. Jan 1958

Negligence - Duty Of Care - Manufacturer's Duty To Warn Of Obvious Dangers, George R. Haydon Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff purchased a "Lithe-Line" exerciser, a rubber rope forty inches long with a loop on each end, manufactured by defendant Helena Rubenstein, Inc. With the exerciser plaintiff received a leaflet of instructions stating that "anybody" could reduce with it, and containing sketches and descriptions of eight exercises. While plaintiff was lying on the floor with the rope under her feet doing one of the exercises, the rope slipped off her feet and snapped back, hitting her in the eye and causing partial loss of vision. She sued the manufacturer for negligence, alleging that the exerciser was inherently dangerous when used …


Regulation Of Business - Refusals To Deal - Use To Effectuate Resale Price Maintenance, Raymond J. Dittrich, Jr. S.Ed. Jan 1958

Regulation Of Business - Refusals To Deal - Use To Effectuate Resale Price Maintenance, Raymond J. Dittrich, Jr. S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

This comment will examine the legal questions arising from a manufacturer's exercise of his right to maintain resale prices by refusing to deal with price cutters in an attempt to determine whether this exists only as an abstract right, or whether it can be translated into legally effective business practices.