Torts - Products Liability - Crashworthiness - Nebraska Court Holds Automobile Manufacturer Has Duty to Protect Consumer against Unreasonable Risk of Enhanced Injury from Second Collision - Friedrich v. Anderson, 191 Neb. 724, 217 N.W.2d 831 (1974)
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Johnson, Michael L.
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1975
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INTRODUCTION|A current controversy in the field of products liability involves an automobile manufacturer's duty to make its product crashworthy. In Friedrich v. Anderson, a case of first impression in Nebraska, the Nebraska Supreme Court considered the question of whether an automobile manufacturer has a duty to protect consumers against enhanced injuries from the second collisions following an accidental first collision.|Lowell Friedrich, a passenger in his 1966 Plymouth automobile, suffered enhanced injuries when his head struck the gear shift knob during an accidental collision with another automobile. Friedrich brought actions against Chrysler Corporation and Chrysler Motor Corporation based on negligence, strict liability and warranty theories...
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8 Creighton L. Rev. 233 (1974-1975)
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Creighton University School of Law