Glittenberg v. Doughboy Recreational Industries, Inc

In this products liability case alleg ing negligent failure to warn, we must decide whether the manufacturer of an above-ground swimming pool had a duty to warn plaintiff that serious or permanent injuries could result from a dive into the shallow end of the pool. Because a reasonably prudent person would recognize that a headfirst dive into observably shallow water carries with it substantial risk of serious injury, we would find as a matter of law that the defendant had no duty to warn plaintiff of this open and obvious danger. Since the trial court properly granted summary judgment for…