Oats v. Nissan Motor Corp. in U.S.A.

SILAK, Justice.

Jeffrey Oats brought this action to recover for personal injuries he suffered while riding as a passenger in a 1978 Datsun 280Z 2 + 2 sports car manufactured by Nissan. Oats’s claims against Nissan were based on theories of defective design, failure to warn, and breach of warranty. The district court granted summary judgment to Nissan, concluding that Oats’s design defect and failure to warn claims were barred by the statute of repose set forth in the Idaho Product Liability Reform Act (IPLRA), and that Oats’s breach of warranty claim was barred by the Uniform Commercial Code’s…