State Supreme Court / Cal.

Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co.

Decided April 21, 1964. Roger J. Traynor wrote the opinion for the court.

61 Cal. 2d 256 · Cited 384 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 59 Cal. 2d 57
Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. · 161 A.2d 69
Goldberg v. Kollsman Instrument Corp. · 12 N.Y.2d 432
Greenberg v. Lorenz · 9 N.Y.2d 195
Burr v. Sherwin Williams Co. · 268 P.2d 1041
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Anderson-Weber, Inc. · 110 N.W.2d 449
Dow v. Holly Manufacturing Co. · 49 Cal. 2d 720
Graham v. Bottenfield's, Inc. · 269 P.2d 413
Vogel v. Thrifty Drug Co. · 43 Cal. 2d 184
Whitfield v. Jessup · 31 Cal. 2d 826
McBurnette v. Playground Equipment Corp. · 137 So. 2d 563

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