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Ruling clarifies that "defective" and "unreasonably dangerous" are separate elements a plaintiff must independently prove. The Arizona Supreme Court held that a strict product liability claim requires proof of two distinct elements; that a product was defective, and separately, that the defect rendered it unreasonably dangerous. The ruling cleared up conflicting appeals court decisions that had declared that satisfying either the consumer expectation test or the risk/benefit analysis,…

DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING DEFECTS—MOTOR VEHICLES—Ariz. Sup. Ct.: Arizona Supreme Court restores two-part test for strict product liability in Toyota lane departure warning case

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DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING DEFECTS—MOTOR VEHICLES—Ariz. Sup. Ct.: Arizona Supreme Court restores two-part test for strict product liability in Toyota lane departure warning case