Court Opinion

ID: 9644276
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 20:51:52.949149+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:10.827549
License: Public Domain

*299CAPPY, Justice,
concurring.
I join in the result arrived at by the majority today and in its opinion insofar as it states that evidence of lack of past claims may be introduced only if relevant to the contested issue of causation. See Majority op. at 1173. I disassociate myself from this opinion, however, insofar as it could be read for the proposition that such lack of past claims evidence could be admissible for the issue of whether the product was defective. See, e.g., Majority op. at 1174 (“[Wjhile evidence on the absence of prior claims is admissible as relevant to the issue of causation, the evidence does not dictate an absolute finding that the product is not defective or unreasonably dangerous.”)