EMERSON ELEC. CO. v. GARCIA

No. 91-2264.

623 So.2d 523 (1993)

EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Missouri corporation, Appellant, v. Aurelio S. GARCIA and Alina Garcia, his wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holland & Knight, Daniel S. Pearson, Amy D. Ronner, Lenore C. Smith, Preddy, Kutner, Hardy, Rubinoff, Thompson, Bissett & Bush and G. William Bissett, Miami, for appellant.

Stabinski & Funt, Hicks, Anderson & Blum and Bambi G. Blum and Mark Hicks, Miami, for appellees.

Before FERGUSON, JORGENSON and GERSTEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is taken from a judgment for the plaintiff entered on a jury verdict in a products liability case. Garcia was seriously injured in a fall from a retractable ladder, manufactured by the appellant, which allegedly collapsed owing to a design defect. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Three rulings of the trial court are raised as reversible error: (1) disallowing a verdict form as to each of the plaintiff's six theories of liability...

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