Brown v. American Bicycle Group, LLC

Opinion

AARON, J.

I

INTRODUCTION

Appellant Shelley Brown was injured in a bicycle accident involving her riding partner, Ronald Voigt. Voigt was riding in front of Brown when the front fork on Voigt’s bicycle failed. Voigt fell and caused Brown, who was unable to avoid Voigt, to crash as well. Brown sued the designer and distributor of the bicycle fork, American Bicycle Group, LLC (ABG), among others. A jury returned a verdict in favor of ABG. The trial court denied Brown’s motion for new trial, and Brown filed this appeal.

In the published portions of this opinion, we consider Brown’s contentions…