Though Junior Books has not been overruled in subsequent cases, it has on numerous occasions been distinguished and is now regarded as a decision unique upon its own facts. A clear illustration of this can be seen in Muirhead v Industrial Tank Specialities Ltd [1986] QB 507 in which a claim for damage to property (i.e. dead lobsters) was allowed but not for a defect in a product (i.e. faulty pumps).