Opinion ID: 2293263
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Heading: Manufacturing, Design, and Warnings Defects

Text: I would reaffirm that the differential treatment as between manufacturing, design, and warning scenarios is consistent with Section 402A. [2] Proof of negligence is dispensed with by most courts in applying Section 402A or similar principles in the manufacturing defect scenario, see Richard W. Wright, The Principles of Product Liability, 26 REV. LITIG. 1067, 1073 (2007), while design and warnings claims are centered on some combination of the overlapping considerations of unreasonable dangerousness, due and reasonable safety, risk-utility balancing, and/or consumer expectations. See, e.g., Barker, 143 Cal.Rptr. 225, 573 P.2d at 457. [3]