BENSON v. HONDA MOTOR CO.

Docket No. B069842.

26 Cal.App.4th 1337 (1994)

32 Cal. Rptr.2d 322

ETHEL BENSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, LTD. et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

July 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Heily & Blase and John R. Johnson for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Stephen T. Waimey and Armen Hairapetian for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

STONE (S.J.), P.J.

Ethel and Walter Benson (the Bensons) appeal from the judgment entered after the jury rendered a special defense verdict in favor of Honda Motor Company, Ltd. et al. (Honda). We affirm.

FACTS

While stopped at a red light, the Bensons' 1984 Honda Accord sedan was struck in the rear by a significantly larger, full-sized 1978 GMC Jimmy pickup whose brakes had failed. The pickup struck the...

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