Buttrick v. Arthur Lessard & Sons, Inc.

*41Grimes, J.,

dissenting in part Whatever may be my views on the application of strict liability to a manufacturer against whom fault can at least be inferred from the existence of the defect ( see Zellers v. Chase, 105 N. H. 266, 197 A. 2d 206), I cannot subscribe to the broad sweep of the opinion in this case which will impose liability upon retailers who have done nothing wrong and against whom no wrong can be inferred because they had no means to control either the quality or design of the product or to discover any defect.

The court has abandoned “the consistent policy evidenced by an…