United States First Circuit

In an appeal from a judgment of the district court in favor of the defendant on plaintiffs' products liability claims for negligence and the breach of the implied warranty of merchantability, judgment is affirmed where a defendant who manufactures a product according to the buyer's specifications could not be liable under either a negligence or implied warranty theory unless the design defect was so obvious it would not have been reasonable for the defendant to manufacture according to the design.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/29/2011
• Published 08/29/2011

Judges

• LYNCH

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Michael Conley, Timothy C. Kelleher III