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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Civil) 400.10

Strict Product Liability--Due Care Not A Defense

activein force · 2026-08-19 – presentas-observed

If you decide that the plaintiff has proved all the propositions of his case, then it is not a

defense [that the condition of the product could not have been discovered by the defendant] [or]

[that care was used in the manufacture of the product].

Instruction, Notes and Comment revised December 2007.

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2026-08-20
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2026-08-19
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