Banks v. ICI Americas, Inc.

Carley, Justice,

concurring in part and dissenting in part.

I fully concur in Divisions 1 and 3 of the majority opinion, but cannot concur in Division 2. I agree with adoption of the risk-utility analysis for design defect claims and with the disapproval of the analysis in Mann v. Coast Catamaran Corp., 254 Ga. 201 (326 SE2d 436) (1985). However, the Court of Appeals correctly applied the law as it existed at the time of its decision. Now that the rule has been changed on certiorari, I would remand this case to the Court of Appeals to allow it to apply the new rule to the record and to enable the parties properly to address the record in light of the new rule. At such time, the Court of Appeals would also need to consider ICI’s remaining enumerations of error, which it did not address in its original opinion. Accordingly, I respectfully concur in part and dissent in part.