Opinion ID: 876481
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Heading: Negligence in design, manufacture and installation.

Text: The district court in its finding of fact No. 35(1) found that the system was so negligently, carelessly and recklessly manufactured, designed and installed by the defendants that it never operated for the purpose for which it was sold. The theory of negligence has been applied against the remote manufacturer in several cases, the leading one MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., 217 N.Y. 382, 111 N.E. 1050. This doctrine has been accepted in 2 Restatement of Torts 2d, § 395. Montana has followed this rule in Knudson v. Edgewater Automotive Division, 157 Mont. 400, 486 P.2d 596 and Duchesneau v. Silver Bow County, 158 Mont. 369, 492 P.2d 926. The facts here clearly show such negligence.