Court Opinion

ID: 9647268
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 13:29:28.987257+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:47.442663
License: Public Domain

STEPHENSON, Justice
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion to the extent that it subjects the seller to liability. Every rule of law in my mind should have a rational basis. I see none here.
Liability of the seller to the user, or consumer, is based upon warranty. Restatement, Second, Torts § 402 A. To extend this liability to injuries suffered by a bystander is to depart from any reasonable basis and impose liability by judicial fiat upon an otherwise innocent defendant. I do not 'believe that the expression in the majority opinion which justifies this rule for the reason that the seller may procure liability insurance protection is a valid legal basis for imposing liability without fault.
I respectfully dissent.