The Greenman vs. Yuba case was brought to court after William Greenman was hit in the head by a piece of wood. Williams wife bought him a piece of machinery from Yuba Power Products as a Christmas gift in 1955. This was a combination piece of machinery that was capable of various uses. Two years later, William had bought an extension piece for his machine that would transform his wood shapes. William had no issues working with the machinery and felt comfortable using the new equipment. William also attended a demonstration on how the machine worked. One day, William was working with the machine and a piece of wood flew from the machine and hit him in the head. This incident gave substantial evidence to the jury of the malfunction of the machine. William brought the incident to the jury ten and a half months later in hopes to sue Yuba Power Products. The argument for the defendant was that William did not bring this complaint to the company at the time of the warranty. There were many different angles in this case. There was reasonable evidence that different kinds of scenarios could have occurred. “In section 1769 of the Civil Code provides: in the absence of express or implied agreement of the parties, acceptance of the goods by the buyer shall not discharge the …show more content…
I thought this case was an open-close case. I believe that Greenman had every right to sue the company for his injuries, the evidence with the machine screws, and how Yuba handled the whole situation. All of these factors played a role in how I felt about this case. Yuba tried to get out of this case with a warranty excuse but the machine was not thoroughly checked before being put for sale. This was a sign that they knew they had done something wrong and should have admitted to it. I think it would have benefited Yuba business greatly if they had recognized what they did wrong and vowed to their customers to be