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4543 REVIEW DENIED In a strict products liability action based on the allegation that an automobile airbag was defective in design because in a minor collision it deployed with excessive force injuring plaintiff, defendant has the burden of showing that the airbag was not defective in that benefits of its design outweigh its inherent risks; a component part manufacturer may be strictly liable if the component was defective at the time it left the component part manufacturer's factory.CitationGONZALEZ v AUTOLIV (Airbag) 154 CA4 780 [See: Barker v Lull 20 C3 413; McCabe v American Honda 100 CA4 1111, T/AT 9/02; Wiler v Firestone 95 CA3 621; Wright v Stang 54 CA4 1218, T/AT 6/97]
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