Bowen v. Taylor-Christensen

SAWAYA, J„

dissenting.

I concur in the well-reasoned dissent by Judge Grifñn. I write to more fully explain my views regarding the issues raised by the parties in this appeal and the majority en banc opinion.

The jury returned a verdict specifically finding that Robert L. Christensen was not an owner of the PT Cruiser driven by his ex-wife that was involved in the accident that caused the death of the decedent. In order to overcome that finding in the verdict and establish liability against Robert under the dangerous instrumentality doctrine, Appellant contends that the trial court erred in…