George Coffman, Plaintiff-Respondent, and Elizabeth Coffman, His Wife, Plaintiff v. Keene Corporation, in Itself…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the Appellate Division’s judgment, holding that a rebuttable heeding presumption may be used in strict liability failure‑to‑warn cases, including those arising in the workplace, and that a defendant must rebut the presumption by showing the warning would not have been heeded by the employee or employer.