Tag Archives: Florida Defective Products
Was Your Auto Accident Caused By a Defect or Flawed Design?
In 2010, Toyota was forced to recall nine million vehicles because of a sticky gas pedal. Thirty-one people died as a result of their vehicle speeding up on its own, while millions of others simply had a good scare. The company tried to blame bad driving, and then an innocent floor mat, before owning… Read More »
Florida Supreme Court Upholds Consumer Expectation Test Over Risk Utility Test in Product Liability Cases
In late October, the Florida State Supreme Court reached a decision upholding the use of the “consumer expectations test” in some product liability cases. The consumer expectations test is used to determine whether or not the user of a product should expect it to be dangerous if used in the correct way. This ruling… Read More »
Florida Judge Denies Bid to Toss Product Liability Lawsuit
A federal judge in Florida denied a motion made by Sandoz, Inc. to toss a product liability lawsuit that was made by a patient who claimed that she was injured by their contaminated cancer drugs. The judge ruled that the company’s preemption argument was not enough to prevent the product liability case from moving… Read More »
