Court Opinion

ID: 9737511
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 19:27:29.918504+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:23:59.482636
License: Public Domain

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH, dissenting: The majority have correctly concluded that the rationale of Larsen and the cases which follow it is that since injury-producing impacts are foreseeable “the manufacturer is under a duty to design its vehicle to avoid subjecting the user to an unreasonable risk of injury in the event of collision.” The question in this case, however, does not, as stated by the majority, involve the duty of the manufacturer to design a vehicle “with which it is safe to collide.” The question involved is the extent of the duty of the manufacturer to design its vehicle so as to avoid the unreasonable risk of injury in the event of collision, whether the injured be a passenger in that vehicle, another vehicle, a pedestrian, or a bystander. Upon a close reading of the opinion it appears to me that the majority recognize that the duty owed by the manufacturer is to design his vehicle so as to avoid the unreasonable risk of injury in the event of collision irrespective of whether the injured is within or without the particular vehicle, and insofar as the opinion so holds, I concur. I do not agree, however, that the amended complaint, upon the facts alleged, fails to state a cause of action against the manufacturer, and I would affirm the judgment of the appellate court.