Collins v. Navistar, Inc.

Opinion

HOCH, J.

In this strict products liability case, we consider whether the criminal nature of a juvenile’s act of throwing rocks and concrete from a freeway overpass relieves a truck manufacturer of the duty to design windshields capable of withstanding common road hazards, such as objects hitting windshields. For the reasons that follow, we conclude the criminal nature of the rock throwing does not cut off liability or negate the duty of the manufacturer to design the truck’s windshield to account for reasonably foreseeable risks. We also explain that the definition of negligence for…