McCabe v. American Honda Motor Co.

Opinion

PERLUSS, J.

Plaintiff Lucille McCabe appeals from a judgment entered in a products liability action after the trial court granted summary judgment for defendants American Honda Motor Company, Incorporated, and Saturn of the Valley, Incorporated (Saturn). McCabe was injured when the driver’s side air bag in her Honda Civic failed to deploy in a frontal collision with another car. McCabe sued Honda, the air bag’s manufacturer, and Saturn, the reseller, alleging the air bag was defective in both its manufacture and its design. The trial court granted Honda’s 2 motion for summary judgment,…