Higgins v. Intex Recreation Corp.

Sweeney, A.C.J.

This is a suit for personal injury damages based on product liability. To make a case, the plaintiffs had to show that the product was not reasonably safe as designed. Ultimately our disposition here turns on whether the plaintiffs’ showing at trial was sufficient to send the question of the product’s (a snow tube) safety to the jury. The plaintiffs submit that the snow tube went too fast, had no means for the rider to control it, and turned the rider into a fixed backward position. The product distributor responds essentially that this is what the tube was designed to do and…