Liability for defective products

Question 0

Haseldine v Dow

Answer 0

Manufacturer included repairers of products

Question 1

Donoghue v Stevenson (narrow rule)

Answer 1

Liability for defective products requires (1) defendant is a manufacturer (2) item causing damage is a product (3) the claimant is a consumer (4) there was no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination

Question 2

Stennett v Hancock

Answer 2

manufacturer includes installers

Question 3

Andrews v Hopkinson

Answer 3

manufacturer includes suppliers (rarely)

Question 4

Grant v Australian Knitting Mills

Answer 4

Breach can be inferred in defective products cases