context: New Jersey courts have held manufacturers strictly liable for products, despite another's subsequent substantial alterations, when those alterations were objectively foreseeable and likely to cause injury.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: requiring a product to be "suitably safe after it has been ... foreseeably altered"
citation_a.sentence: See Brown v. United States Stove Co., 98 N.J. 155, 484 A.2d 1234, 1239-41 (1984) (requiring a product to be “suitably safe after it has been ... foreseeably altered”); Soler v. Castmaster, 98 N.J. 137, 484 A.2d 1225, 1232 (1984); McDermott v. TENDUN Constructors, 211 N.J.Super. 196, 511 A.2d 690, 698-99 (1986); cf. Butler v. Acme Markets, Inc., 89 N.J. 270, 445 A.2d 1141 (1982) (imposing liability for negligent failure to reasonably foresee intentional, willful, or criminal acts of third persons that proximately cause injuries).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.parenthetical: imposing liability for negligent failure to reasonably foresee intentional, willful, or criminal acts of third persons that proximately cause injuries
citation_b.sentence: See Brown v. United States Stove Co., 98 N.J. 155, 484 A.2d 1234, 1239-41 (1984) (requiring a product to be “suitably safe after it has been ... foreseeably altered”); Soler v. Castmaster, 98 N.J. 137, 484 A.2d 1225, 1232 (1984); McDermott v. TENDUN Constructors, 211 N.J.Super. 196, 511 A.2d 690, 698-99 (1986); cf. Butler v. Acme Markets, Inc., 89 N.J. 270, 445 A.2d 1141 (1982) (imposing liability for negligent failure to reasonably foresee intentional, willful, or criminal acts of third persons that proximately cause injuries).