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WICKSTROM v. MAPLEWOOD TOYOTA, INC.

No. C1-87-1231.

416 N.W.2d 838 (1987)

Jan Marie WICKSTROM, by H.S. WICKSTROM and John Ring, conservators of the person and Estate of Jan Marie Wickstrom, Appellant, v. MAPLEWOOD TOYOTA, INC., et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied February 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Jardine, John R. O'Brien, Pierre N. Regnier, Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, St. Paul, for appellant.

David W. Graves, Jr., Wayne Struble, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Stephen M. Shapiro, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for amici curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., The Automobile Importers of America, Inc., and The Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Ass'n of the U.S., Inc.

Heard, considered and decided by FORSBERG, P.J., and LANSING and NIERENGARTEN, JJ.

OPINION

NIERENGARTEN, Judge.

Jan Wickstrom brought a products liability action against Toyota Motor Corporation and its chain of distributors (hereinafter Toyota) alleging, inter alia, that an alternative safe design to remedy design defects in Wickstrom's Toyota Tercel was the use of an air bag in conjunction with the three-point seatbelt. Toyota moved for partial summary judgment on this portion of the claim. The trial court held that Wickstrom...

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