Western Surety & Casualty Co. v. General Electric Co.

OPINION

WOZNIAK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Elroy Pinkert commenced an action against respondent General Electric Company (GE) for strict liability, negligent design, and breach of an implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose and an implied warranty of merchantability for injuries suffered in an alleged explosion of a GE 6014 headlight in his 1978 Ford Fiesta. Pinkert’s wife also asserted claims.

Appellant Western Casualty and Surety (Western) paid its insured, Pinkert, approximately $50,000 in economic loss benefits under Minnesota’s No-Fault Automobile Insurance Act. Western asserted…