South Dakota Supreme Court, 1979

Published opinions from 1979. The case name opens the case page.

1979 opinions

South DakotaJohn Duane Smith, Plaintiff and Appellant v. A. Kenneth Smith, Bernard Dodd, Inc., a Corporation and Aurora…

April 12, 19791979 S.D. LEXIS 209

The court held that contributory negligence is not a defense to a strict-liability products claim, although assumption of risk and product misuse remain defenses; because the jury was instructed that contributory negligence applied to the claims against the distributor and manufacturer, the judgment for those…

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