Anderson v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.

• Decision Date: 03 May 1990
• Docket Number: No. S014500,OWENS-CORNING,S014500
• Citation: 790 P.2d 238,269 Cal.Rptr. 74
• Court: California Supreme Court
• Parties: Carl ANDERSON, Respondent, v.FIBERGLASS CORPORATION et al., Appellants.

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269 Cal.Rptr. 74

790 P.2d 238

Carl ANDERSON, Respondent, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLASS CORPORATION et al., Appellants.

No. S014500.

Supreme Court of California,

In Bank.

May 3, 1990.

Prior Report: Cal.App., 266 Cal.Rptr. 204.

Appellants' petitions for review GRANTED. The issues to be argued before this court shall be limited to whether a defendant in a products liability action based upon an alleged failure to warn of a risk of harm may present evidence of the state of the art, i.e., evidence that the particular risk was neither known nor knowable by the application of scientific knowledge available at the time of manufacture and/or distribution. (Rule 29.2(b), Cal.Rules of Court.)

LUCAS, C.J., and PANELLI, EAGLESON, KENNARD and ARABIAN, JJ., concur.