MAGNANTE v. PETTIBONE-WOOD MANUFACTURING CO.

Docket No. G001295.

183 Cal.App.3d 764 (1986)

228 Cal. Rptr. 420

EGIDIO MAGNANTE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PETTIBONE-WOOD MANUFACTURING CO., Defendant and Appellant.

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

July 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Wayland, Riddle & Stroud and Michael T. Wayland for Defendant and Appellant.

Biren & Bruyneel and Thomas E. Bruyneel for Plaintiff and Respondent.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.1]

OPINION

SONENSHINE, J.

In this strict liability action we decide whether evidence of a postaccident design modification is admissible when made by a nonparty. We conclude it is and affirm.

I

Egidio Magnante, employed by the Lloyd Klein Company, was setting beams when a truss boom attachment disconnected from a high lift truck and struck...

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