Minton v. Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.

The central question presented for our consideration is whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, former Section 1381 et seq., Title 15, U.S.Code (“Safety Act” or “Act”),3 precluded appellant from presenting evidence at trial that the 1990 Accord was defective for failure by Honda to install a driver’s-side air bag in the vehicle.4 For the reasons that follow, we find that appellant should have been allowed to present evidence to the jury that the 1990 Accord did not have an air bag and that Honda did install air bags in its 1992…