General Motors Corp. v. Sanchez

The principal question in this case is when does the doctrine of comparative responsibility apply in a products-liability case. Relying on its reading of our decision in Keen v. Ashot Ashkelon, Ltd., 1 the court of appeals held that the decedent’s responsibility for the accident that resulted in his death should not be compared with the manufacturer’s responsibility because the decedent’s actions merely amounted to the failure to discover or guard against a product defect. 2 We conclude that: (1) comparative responsibility applies in strict liability if a plaintiffs negligence is something…