California Adopts Sophisticated User Doctrine In Products Liability Case.
Mondaq Business Briefing › Nbr. 2009, January 2009
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California Adopts Sophisticated User Doctrine In Products Liability Case.
In April 2008, California joined the growing list of jurisdictions recognizing the sophisticated user exception to a manufacturer's duty to warn users of potential dangers of its products. The plaintiff in Johnson v. American Standard, Inc.1 was a trained heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) technician, claiming to have developed pulmonary fibrosis due to defendant's failure to warn him that w...
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