Legal Opinion
Hodder v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 6, 1988No. C3-87-419, C2-87-511PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
This products liability case raises a variety of issues, including interpretation of the statutory “useful life defense,” the duty to warn, and entitlement to punitive damages. Issues on allocation of a tort recovery between the injured employee and subrogated employer, as well as on prejudgment interest, are also presented. We affirm, for the most part, except for a reduction in punitive damages and a remand for reallocation of the tort recovery and readjustment of interest.
*829On December 19, 1981, plaintiff Dale Hodder, age 17, was seriously injured when the metal rim of a…
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