BRESNAHAN v. CHRYSLER CORP.

Docket No. B072243.

32 Cal.App.4th 1559 (1995)

38 Cal. Rptr.2d 446

MARY BRESNAHAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

February 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Mukesh Advani, Grayson, Grayson & Mansell and Robert Mansell for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Sidney K. Kanazawa, Sabina A. Helton, Hogan & Hartson and Terri A. Steinhaus for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

FUKUTO, J.

In this product liability case, the court granted a nonsuit after plaintiff's opening statement, even though it was conceded that plaintiff had stated a prima facie case under the "risk-benefit" theory of Barker v. Lull Engineering Co. (1978) 20 Cal.3d 413 [143 Cal.Rptr. 225, 573 P.2d 443

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