Legal Opinion
Fjelstad v. American Honda Motor Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1985No. Nos. 84-4058, 84-4059, 84-7419 and 84-726PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRIS, Circuit Judge.
BACKGROUND
This personal injury action arose from a collision between a Honda motorcycle driven by the minor plaintiff, then age twelve, and a farm implement called a tractorditcher. In their first amended complaint, the plaintiffs asserted theories of negligence and product liability against American Honda Motor Co., Inc., the distributor of the motorcycle, and Custom Products of Litchfield, Inc., the manufacturer of the tractor-ditcher cab. With respect to American Honda, the plaintiffs contended that the motorcycle’s lack of conspicuity caused or contributed to the…
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