In Re Ronny Gene Smith v. the State of Texas

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• holding that District Court did not abuse its discretion in denying motion for continuance where, among other things, unavailable expert’s testimony would have been duplicative of plaintiff’s other experts
• almost three years after the complaint was filed, and five months after the deadline for amendments
• “The defectiveness of a design is determined based on an objective standard, not from the viewpoint of any specific user.”
• “Under the theory of strict products liability adopted in West v. Caterpillar Tractor Co., a product may be defective by virtue of a design defect, a manufacturing defect, or an inadequate warning.” (citations omitted)
• “[W]e will find reversible error in the refusal to give a requested instruction only if . . . the failure 46 Case: 19-11648 Date Filed: 07/10/2020 Page: 47 of 49 to give the instruction resulted in prejudicial harm to the requesting party.” (quotation omitted)

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