ROMITO v. RED PLASTIC CO.

Docket No. B082569.

38 Cal.App.4th 59 (1995)

44 Cal. Rptr.2d 834

ANITA L. ROMITO et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. RED PLASTIC COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

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

September 7, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stolpman, Krissman, Elber, Mandel & Katzman and Lynne E. Rasmussen for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, T. Emmet Thornton and Karen L. Schwartz for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

ORTEGA, Acting P.J.

If the technological means exist, must a manufacturer improve its product to guard against injuries resulting from unforeseeable and accidental product misuse in order to stave off potential tort liability? We conclude as a matter of policy that despite the means to build a safer product, a manufacturer owes no duty to prevent injuries resulting from unforeseeable...

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