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Products Liability Law In Minnesota: Design Defect And Failure To Warn Claims, Michael K. Steenson
Products Liability Law In Minnesota: Design Defect And Failure To Warn Claims, Michael K. Steenson
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The Minnesota law of products liability underwent significant changes in the 1980s. The courts filled in gaps left open since the Minnesota Supreme Court initially adopted strict liability in McCormack v. Hankscraft Co.' in 1967, but they also raised new issues and left other issues open. This Article analyzes these developments in Minnesota products liability law. The broad focus is on standards in design and warning cases. In the course of the analysis, the Article focuses on the issues that had been left unsettled in Minnesota law in those areas. The Article first addresses the elements of a strict liability …