McInnes v. Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

Plaintiff-Appellant was injured to the extent of becoming a quadraplegic patient in a one-vehicle accident while driving a 1973 Yamaha TX 650 motorcycle. He brought suit against several defendants, the only one remaining being appellee, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. Appellant pled negligence, strict liability, breach of warranty and Deceptive Trade Practices.

A jury below found defective design of the frame and failure of appellee to give adequate warnings or instructions, but also found that neither of such was a producing cause of the accident. The jury also found…