NICOLODI v. HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO.

No. 78-1089.

370 So.2d 68 (1979)

Bonita Louise NICOLODI, Appellant, v. HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Frost, II, and Charles W. Dodson, of Holland & Knight, Bartow, for appellant.

Lynn H. Groseclose and Kingswood Sprott, Jr., of Sprott & Groseclose, Lakeland, for appellee.


DANAHY, Judge.

Two questions are presented in this case. The first is whether the crashworthiness doctrine adopted and applied to an automobile manufacturer in Ford Motor Company v. Evancho, 327 So.2d 201 (Fla. 1976) applies as well to the manufacturer of a motorcycle. The second question is whether recovery in a crashworthiness case may be based on strict liability or breach of implied warranty1

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