Clark v. Mazda Motor Corp.

*210OPALA, V.C.J.,

with whom SUMMERS, J., joins in part, concurring.

11 I concur in today's opinion and write separately to provide an additional analysis of the question to be answered.

12 The manufacturer sued for imposition of products liability must be afforded full opportunity to show that (a) the seat's occupant restraint system was free of the attributed harm-dealing defect and/or (b) the plaintiff's injury is unrelated to the manufacturer's alleged breach of duty. In discharging the onus of showing a Hability-defeating defense, it may likely prove critical also to demonstrate that, at the…