Provide Students with the opportunity to practice finding the law through WestLaw Campus

Research and Google Scholar;

Provide Students with the opportunity to develop the skills needed to read, understand and

summarize judicial opinions and to learn the language of the law.

Provide Students with the opportunity to study the basics of Product Liability Law in New Jersey

and learn how law is applied to facts of individual cases.

Section I.

This Section requires you to find several cases and identify whether a Federal or a State Court issued the

judicial opinion in the case cited. Each correct response is worth one (1) point. Maximum points for this

Section equals five (5) points.

1.

Walus v. Pfizer, Inc.

, 812 F. Supp. 41 (D.N.J. 1993)

2.

Trump v. O'Brien

, 29 A.3d 1090 (N.J. Super. 2011)

3.

Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co.

, 514 U.S. 159 (1995)

4.

O'Brien v.

Muskin Corp.

, 94 N.J. 169 (1993)

5.

Repola v. Morbark Industries

, 934 F.2d 483 (3d Cir. 1991)

Section II.

This Section requires you to identify whether the Court issuing the judicial opinion in each of the

following cases is a trial court or an appellate court. Each correct response is worth one (1) point.

Maximum points for this section equal ten (10) points.

1.

Patch v. Hillerich & Bradsby Co

., 257 P.3d 383 (Mont. 2011)

2.

Walus v. Pfizer, Inc.

, 812 F. Supp. 41 (D.N.J. 1993)

3.

Rogath v. Siebenmann

, 129 F.3d 902 (7

th

Cir. 1997)

4.

Schock v. Ronderos

, 394 N.W.2d 697 (N.D. 1986)

5.

Trump v. O'Brien

, 29 A.3d 1090 (N.J. Super. 2011)

6.

Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co.

, 514 U.S. 159 (1995)

7.

O'Brien v.

Muskin Corp.

, 94 N.J. 169 (1993)

8.

Ventas, Inc. v. HCP, Inc.

, 647 F.3d 291 (6

th

Cir. 2011)

9.

Repola v. Morbark Industries

, 934 F.2d 483 (3d Cir. 1991)

10.

Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.

, 162 N.E. 99 (N.Y. 1928)