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Evans v. NACCO Materials Handling Group
No. 161788Supreme Court of Virginia
161788 Evans v. NACCO Materials Handling Group 03/22/2018 In a products liability wrongful death action against a lift truck manufacturer's successor in interest, while the jury could have concluded from the e…
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161788 Evans v. NACCO Materials Handling Group 03/22/2018 In a products liability wrongful death action against a lift truck manu…
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161788 Evans v. NACCO Materials Handling Group 03/22/2018 In a products liability wrongful death action against a lift truck manufacturer's successor in interest, while the jury could have concluded from the evidence that the plaintiff's proposed redesign of the brake system would have eliminated, or at least reduced, the likelihood that the type of accident at issue in this case would occur, without any evidentiary basis from which the jury could conclude that the plaintiff's proposed redesign was safer overall, the plaintiff failed to prove that the operator-adjustable, over-center brake was unreasonably dangerous. The jury instructions in this case drew a distinction between negligent de…
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