Can a company be held liable for failing to warn that a product has a dangerous propensity to injure someone?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gonzales v. Carmenita Ford Truck Sales, Inc., 192 Cal.App.3d 1143, 238 Cal.Rptr. 18 (Cal. App. 1987):
Strict liability for failure to warn does not attach if the dangerous propensity is either obvious or known to the injured person at the time the [192 Cal.App.3d 1152] product is used. (Burke v. Almaden Vineyards, Inc., supra, 86 Cal.App.3d at p. 772, 150 Cal.Rptr. 419.)
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