Legal Opinion
Gosewisch v. American Honda Motor Co.
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided April 24, 1985No. 2 CA-CIV 5210PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Judge.
This is an appeal from a defense verdict in a products liability case involving an allegedly defectively designed three-wheeled Honda All Terrain Cycle (ATC).
On June 14, 1981, Mitchell Gosewisch was riding a Honda 185S ATC that he had purchased from his cousin, who had purchased the vehicle from a Tucson Honda dealer about three months before the accident involved here. Gosewisch was riding the vehicle in Pantano Wash when the vehicle flipped, throwing him to the ground. As a result of the accident Gosewisch is a quadriplegic.
It was Gosewisch’s theory that the vehicle had a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- C. A. May Marine Supply Company v. Brunswick CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Brown v. Superior Court in & for Maricopa Cy.Arizona Supreme Court · 1983
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3Cited by6 opinions
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