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California law has long provided that manufacturers, distributors, and retailers have a duty to ensure the safety of their products, and will be held strictly liable for injuries caused by a defect in their products. However, a point of contention in recent years has been whether a product manufacturer can be held liable for injuries caused by adjacent products or replacement parts that were made by others but which were used in conjunction with the defendant manufacturer’s product. On January 12, 2012, the California Supreme Court in O’Neil v. Crane Co. unanimously reversed a Court of Appeals decision and held that a product manufacturer may not be held liable in strict liability or negligence for harm caused by another manufacturer's product unless the defendant's own product substantially contributed to the harm in question, or if the defendant substantially participated in creating the harm resulting from the combined use of the products. To view the complete article on this topic, please click HERE. Also, you may view the complete Supreme Court decision HERE. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, or alternatively, Matthew Marshall or Dean Olson, or any Morris Polich & Purdy LLP attorney in the Products Liability Practice Group. Arabelle Aportadera-Torres Morris Polich & Purdy LLP
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