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MONTEZ v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Docket No. 18579.

101 Cal.App.3d 315 (1980)

161 Cal. Rptr. 578

MARIA TERESA MONTEZ, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

January 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John A. Marin, Anthony J. Battaglia and Irwin Zalkin for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Robert G. Steiner, George S. Howard, Jr., and Mark C. Mazzarella for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

WIENER, J.

A plaintiff in an action for personal injuries in a products liability case is not required to elect whether to proceed on a theory of strict liability in tort or on a theory of negligence where the instructions on the two theories will not be confusing to the jury. (Jiminez v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. (1971) 4 Cal.3d 379, 387 [93 Cal.Rptr....

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