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- Title: Eugene and Connie Kudlacek v. Fiat S.P.A
- Author : Supreme Court of Nebraska
- Release Date : January 07, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 77 KB
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LANPHIER, J. Eugene and Connie Kudlacek brought this product liability action against Fiat S.p.A. and Fiat Motors of North America, Inc.
(hereinafter jointly Fiat), as guardians and conservators of their son, Christopher Kudlacek, for injuries sustained by Christopher
Kudlacek in an accident in which he was an automobile passenger. Plaintiffs presented evidence to support their claims that
(1) the Fiat X1/9 automobile was defectively designed because it did not provide adequate protection for the passengers during
a rollover and side-impact collision with an object (crashworthiness claim) (2) the Fiat X1/9 was designed with poor handling
stability, and (3) Fiat failed to warn of the handling defect. After the plaintiffs presented their evidence, the defendants
moved for a directed verdict. The court granted the motion on the issue of crashworthiness on both negligence and strict liability
theories on the basis that there was no evidence of the extent of the enhanced injuries attributable to the alleged defect
in the occupant-protect ion characteristics of the vehicle and no evidence that plaintiffs' alternative design would have
resulted in different injuries. The remaining issues were submitted to the jury, and it found for the defendants.
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