Gurley v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

Plaintiff, a minor, was injured while riding as a passenger on a Honda motorcycle. He, by and through his mother as best friend, and his mother, individually, sued American Honda Motor Company, the manufacturer, and Longshore Cycle Center, the dealer, claiming that the motorcycle was defectively manufactured and that American Honda and Longshore failed to adequately warn him of the dangers of riding the motorcycle as a passenger. The trial court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

On June 3, 1984, John Gurley was riding as a passenger on a Honda XL100S motorcycle,…