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Wis JI-Civil 3262
Strict Liability: Duty of Manufacturer (Supplier) to Warn (For Actions Commenced Before February 1, 2011)
A manufacturer (supplier) of a product must provide warnings concerning any
dangerous condition of the product or any danger connected with its proper use of which he
or she knows or should know. "Proper use" means a use which is intended by the
manufacturer (supplier). In addition, a manufacturer (supplier) has the duty to warn of
dangers inherent in a use not intended by the manufacturer (supplier), if such unintended use
was reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (supplier).
However, a manufacturer (supplier) does not have a duty to warn about dangers that
are known to the user, or are obvious to or readily discoverable by potential users, or are so
commonly known that it can reasonably be assumed that users will be familiar with them.
Additionally, the manufacturer does not have to warn about dangers associated with
unforeseeable misuses of the product.
History
Wis JI-Civil 3262 (2014). ©2014, 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
84757ae23218b470d24765af5cff327195a7a682cbcaaa617f5259398cf58aae
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