· 6/28/2006
McConnell v. Union Carbide Corp.
Citations
- 937 So. 2d 148
- 2006 WL 1750384
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- recognizing that a manufacturer can require a learned intermediary to adopt a particular means of disclosure to ensure the end user will be adequately warned
- recognizing that a manufacturer can require a learned intermediary to adopt a particular means of disclosure to ensure the end user will be adequately warned
- \We purposefully forbear from any reliance on the Restatement (Third) of Torts and its risk-benefit analysis until the supreme court has recognized it as correctly stating the law of Florida.\
- supplier of dangerous product, such as processed asbestos product, an intrinsically dangerous product, had duty to warn end user of dangers posed by integration of product in joint compound
- carpenter who contracted asbestosis from inhalation of asbestos fibers during use of joint compound incorporating processed asbestos was entitled to ‘consumer expectations’ jury instruction in strict liability failure to warn action
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Judges: Farmer
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