1) case name and citation 2) summery of the key fact in the case. 3) issued pres

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1) case name and citation
2) summery of the key fact in the case.
3) issued present by the case.
4) holding.
5) summery of the court reasoning.

Thomas v Staples, Inc. 2 F. Supp. 3d 647 (E.D. Pa. 2014) 19-month-old daughter, Madalyn, started crying and Thomas (married to Jason Thomas) purchased began to pull on Amy's leg. At this point, while the MailMate Paper Shredder online from Staples. shredder was still operating, Amy picked up Mada- on November 15, 2006, a shredder manufactured, lyn and placed her on her left hip. Having made no and distributed by Executive Machines attempt to unplug or turn off the shredder, Amy turned Madalyn to get Madalyn some candy; as Amy turned back around to face Madalyn, she saw that at the shredder be compact and easy to use. The Madalyn's left hand had become stuck in the shredder Amy d/b/a Jeam Imports. In choosing the paper shredder, Amy Thomas said that her main considerations were away from were stuck in shredder was placed on a countertop in the Thomas Upon realizing that Madalyn's fingers kichen, routinely used there for the purpose of keep- ing their "junk mail" under control to prevent identity the shredder, Amy unplugged the machine. Amy does not recall whether there was noise com- theft In using the machine, either Jason or Amy would ing from the machine when Madalyn's fingers became stand in front of the counter and insert material into the stuck, whether Madalyn pulled away from her in order 8 to reach out to the machine, or whether any portion of the envelope she had placed in the machine was still in the process of shredding. Jason was able to extract machine to be shredded. On May 25, 2008, Amy Thomas was shredding the MailMate Paper Shredder when their mail CONTINUED

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1. Case Name : Thomas vs Staples Inc.

2. Madelyn Thomas, a minor ( age 19 months) was injured when her fingers came in the grip of opening of an operating paper shredder, while she was playing with her mother at a place where shredder was installed,. The plaintiff sustained severe injury in thr process. Staples Inc, the manufacturer of the machine was sued for  claims for strict liability, negligence, breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty, and compensatory and punitive damages for manufacturing flaw in the machine that led to the accident.

3. Plaintiffs alleged that the injury was caused by faulty design of the machine produced by the company, whereas the manufacturer and seller claimed that it was due to parents' negligence, because they must be aware of the consequences of a child's vulnenrability to the injury if she cames in contact of the machine, as they ( parents) had read the warning pasted on the front of the machine.

4. Court held that although the manufacturer could have added some more safety features, it did not award punitive damages to the manufacturer and seller.

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