Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.

Decided January 24, 1963. Roger J. Traynor wrote the opinion for the court.

59 Cal. 2d 57 · Cited 1,019 times

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• Peterson v. Lamb Rubber Co. · 54 Cal. 2d 339
• Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. · 161 A.2d 69
• Klein v. Duchess Sandwich Co., Ltd. · 14 Cal. 2d 272
• Graham v. Bottenfield's, Inc. · 269 P.2d 413
• Jones v. Burgermeister Brewing Corp. · 198 Cal. App. 2d 198
• People v. Banks · 53 Cal. 2d 370
• Jacob E. Decker & Sons, Inc. v. Capps · 164 S.W.2d 828
• Souza & McCue Construction Co. v. Superior Court · 57 Cal. 2d 508
• LaHue v. Coca Cola Bottling, Inc. · 314 P.2d 421
• Dana v. Sutton Motor Sales · 56 Cal. 2d 284
• Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. · 24 Cal. 2d 453
• Burr v. Sherwin Williams Co. · 268 P.2d 1041
• Gagne v. Bertran · 43 Cal. 2d 481
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Anderson-Weber, Inc. · 110 N.W.2d 449
• Clinkscales v. Carver · 22 Cal. 2d 72
• Gottsdanker v. Cutter Laboratories · 182 Cal. App. 2d 602
• Chapman v. Brown · 198 F. Supp. 78
• Vallis v. Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc. · 190 Cal. App. 2d 35
• Arata v. Tonegato · 152 Cal. App. 2d 837
• Perry v. Thrifty Drug Co. · 186 Cal. App. 2d 410
• Maecherlein v. Sealy Mattress Co. · 145 Cal. App. 2d 275
• Hinton v. Republic Aviation Corporation · 180 F. Supp. 31
• McQuaide v. Bridgeport Brass Company · 190 F. Supp. 252
• Winchell v. Lambert · 146 Cal. App. 2d 575

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