Zittrain Torts Playlist Spring 2018

Resource 20 . 2 . 1

6 minutes

Eleanor Keen, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

"The Defective Shopping Cart"

Jonathan Zittrain

Should businesses be liable for defective products which are gratuitously provided to facilitate sales, and are not objects of sale themselves?

Plaintiff is injured by a defective shopping cart in defendant’s grocery store.

Illinois Appellate Court

49 Ill. App. 3d 480

No. 76-1183

1977-06-01

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