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Wis JI-Civil 3240
Negligence: Duty of Manufacturer
It is the duty of a manufacturer to exercise ordinary care in the design, construction,
and manufacture of its product so as to render the product safe for its intended use and also
safe for unintended uses which are reasonably foreseeable.
It is the further duty of the manufacturer, in the exercise of ordinary care, to make all
reasonable and adequate tests and inspections of its product so as to guard against any
defective condition which would render such product unsafe when used as it is intended to be
used. A manufacturer is charged with the knowledge of its own methods of manufacturing its
product and the defects in such methods, if any.
Failure of the manufacturer to perform any such duty constitutes negligence.
History
Wis JI-Civil 3240 (2007). ©2007, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
- Source
- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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