Court Opinion

ID: 9858268
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 16:19:25.444881+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:53:44.561249
License: Public Domain

ON REHEARING
Appellee Black and Decker Manufacturing Co., in its motion for rehearing, *876among other things, misconstrues the effect and meaning of the sentence appearing in our original opinion, as follows:
If the injury resulting from the foreseeable misuse of the product is one which an adequate warning would likely prevent, then such misuse is no defense to an action based on the failure to give such a warning.
Appellee interprets this sentence to mean that the defense of misuse is not available when the cause of action is based on the failure to warn of that conduct alleged by a defendant as constituting misuse. When the sentence is read in connection with the preceding sentences in the same paragraph, it is obvious that we were dealing with the factual situation in this particular case. To avoid any misconception concerning the intent of the opinion we change the sentence to read as follows:
If the injury resulting from the foreseeable misuse of the product is one which an adequate warning concerning use of a safety device would likely prevent, then such misuse is no defense to an action based on the failure to give such a warning.
With this modification the motion for rehearing is overruled.