Monday, March 30, 2015
FL: New Model Jury Instructions for Products Liability
Last week, Florida adopted new model jury instructions for products cases. On design defects, there is a split in Florida circuits between the consumer expectations and risk-utility tests; the instructions do not resolve the split. Newsome Melton's website has more details here.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tortsprof/2015/03/fl-new-model-jury-instructions-for-products-liability.html