Estate of Ryder v. Kelly-Springfield Tire Co.

In this product liability case, certified here by the Court of Appeals, judgment for defendants, Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) and Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, was entered on a jury verdict following a 12-day trial. Appellant Ryder defines the issue on appeal to be the applicability of the concept of foreseeability in a product strict liability case and she assigns as error the instruction of the jury by the trial court. No other complaint is made concerning the conduct of the trial. We conclude that the trial court's instructions, though not ultimate models for a case of this…