Opinion ID: 528858
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Heading: Adoption of Comment K.

Text: 10 The district court held that the Arkansas courts, if confronted with this factual situation, would adopt comment k. Hill disputes this holding because the Arkansas legislature did not specifically adopt comment k when it adopted section 402A. Searle argues that comment k is a routinely-followed exception to section 402A and that the Arkansas Supreme Court has often referred to the comments of section 402A, implicitly adopting them. Other jurisdictions which have considered the issue have overwhelmingly adopted comment k. See, e.g. Werner v. Upjohn Co., 628 F.2d 848 (4th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1080, 101 S.Ct. 862, 66 L.Ed.2d 804 (1981); Basko v. Sterling Drug, Inc., 416 F.2d 417 (2d Cir.1969); Brown v. Superior Court, 751 P.2d 470 (Cal.1988). We agree with the district court and Searle that the Arkansas courts would join the majority of jurisdictions and adopt the defense to strict liability contained in comment k. 11