Is a manufacturer liable in tort when an article placed on the market without inspection for defects causes injury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Crane v. Sears Roebuck & Co., 218 Cal.App.2d 855, 32 Cal.Rptr. 754 (Cal. App. 1963):
'A manufacturer is strictly liable in tort when an article he places on the market, knowing that it is to be used without inspection for defects, proves to have a defect that [218 Cal.App.2d 860] causes injury to a human being.' (Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc., 59 A.C. 67, 72, 27 Cal.Rptr. 697, 700, 377 P.2d 897, 900.)
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