· 10/20/2014
Casey v. Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc.
Citations
- 770 F.3d 322
- 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 20088
- 2014 WL 5334217
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- discussing the difference between performance standards and design specifications and observing that “it is inconsistent with the law as the Texas Supreme Court has stated it” to rely on performance standards to prove a manufacturing defect
- “Casey must show that the airbag in this case differs from the airbags that Toyota produced in the same time period and installed in other Highlander vehicles.”
- quot- ing Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 82.005(a). A safer alternative design means: [A] product design other than the one actually used that in reasonable probability: (1
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Judges: King, Graves, Higginson
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