MCI Sales and Service, Inc. v. Hinton

which Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice JOHNSON, Justice WILLETT, and Justice LEHRMANN joined, and in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON joined as to Parts I and II.

This appeal arises from a jury’s verdict in a suit brought against the manufacturer, importer, and distributor of a motorcoach. In 1995, when the motorcoach at issue here was manufactured, federal safety regulations governing the performance of these motorcoaches neither required nor forbade passenger seatbelts. These same regulations allowed manufacturers to choose between several types of glazing materials…