Thomas v. Winchester
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thomas-v-winchester-281-9032647
title:
Thomas v. Winchester
text:
Thomas v. Winchester, 6 N.Y. 397 (1852), which established the "imminent danger to human life" doctrine, was at the head of the cases in assaulting the protective wall of privity in the tort field. Subsequent examples include: MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., Goldberg v. Kollsman Instrument Corp., and finally, Judge Jones's landmark holding in Codling v. Paglia, in which the Court demolished what was left of the privity barrier in tort cases by adopting the doctrine of strict products liability. I
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1852 New York Court of Appeals case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_v._Winchester
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2023-11-20T12:43:08Z
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