Esq.
Jan. 1, 2009
Hindsight
On January 24, 1963, the California Supreme Court issued one of its most important decisions ever on the subject of product liability, in Greenman v. Yuba Power Products Inc. (59 Cal. 2d 57 (1963)). The case involved one William B. Greenman, who for Christmas 1955 received from his wife a power tool that could be used as a lathe, a saw, or a drill. Two years later a piece of wood Greenman wa...
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