Legal Opinion
Quintana-Ruiz v. Hyundai Motor Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 27, 2002No. 01-1693, 01-1694PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This product design case tests some of the limits of the minority rule, adopted by Puerto Rico and California, that the defendant bears the burden of proving that the utility of a product’s design outweighs the risks. Aponte Rivera v. Sears Roebuck de P.R., Inc., 144 P.R. Dec. 830, 840 n. 9, 1998 P.R.-Eng. 324486 n. 9, 1998 WL 198857 (1998); Barker v. Lull Eng’r Co., 20 Cal.3d 413, 143 Cal.Rptr. 225, 573 P.2d 443 (1978). The question here is whether a jury may find for a plaintiff, injured when her airbag properly deployed in an auto accident, when the evidence is that…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Geier v. American Honda Motor Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Barker v. Lull Engineering Co.California Supreme Court · 1978
- Soule v. General Motors Corp.California Supreme Court · 1994
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Quock Ting v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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