HANSEN v. SUNNYSIDE PRODUCTS, INC.

Docket No. C022430.

55 Cal.App.4th 1497 (1997)

CAROLE HANSEN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. SUNNYSIDE PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

June 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Longyear, O'Dea & Lavra, Van Longyear, MacKenroth, Ryan, Jacobson, Fong, Richard M. Jacobson, Christopher J. Witte and John H. McCardle for Defendant and Appellant.

Mart & deVries and Douglas K. deVries for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

SIMS, J.

In this products liability action involving a household cleanser, we hold that product label warnings are relevant in determining whether a product has a design defect under the risk/benefit test.

A jury returned a defense verdict finding no liability on the part of defendant Sunnyside Products, Inc. The trial court granted...

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