Motion in Limine - United States District Court
Motion in Limine - United States District Court
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Case 1:06-cv-22644-ASG Document 364 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/23/2008 Page 40 of 45<br />
governmental and non-governmental <strong>in</strong>ternational organizations. (Id.). Drafts of the<br />
standards adopted by the technical committees are then circulated to others for approval,<br />
and publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75% of the<br />
vot<strong>in</strong>g member bodies of ISO. (Id.). Thus, under the law of this Circuit, they are<br />
trustworthy and relevant for the jury to discern the standard of due care and to decide<br />
whether the Bobcat 320 was defectively designed. The jury will not be <strong>in</strong>structed that a<br />
violation of the standards is a per se breach; rather, the standards will be one of the factors<br />
that the jury may consider. For this reason, Defendant’s motion Regard<strong>in</strong>g ISO 3471 and<br />
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12117 is denied.<br />
6. Defendant’s <strong>Motion</strong> Regard<strong>in</strong>g Post-Sale Failure to Warn<br />
Defendant seeks to exclude any evidence and argument to support a post-sale<br />
warn<strong>in</strong>g theory, giv<strong>in</strong>g rise to negligence or strict liability aga<strong>in</strong>st Defendant. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
Defendant, there is no such duty <strong>in</strong> Florida; therefore, any such evidence or argument<br />
would be irrelevant, immaterial and highly prejudicial to Defendant. Defendant concedes<br />
that Florida recognizes the duty to provide a po<strong>in</strong>t of sale warn<strong>in</strong>g as discussed <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Restatement (Second) of Torts. See West v. Caterpillar Tractor, Co., 336 So.2d 80 (Fla.<br />
1976) (adopt<strong>in</strong>g § 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts, which recognizes the duty<br />
to warn at po<strong>in</strong>t of sale). It argues, however, that there is no Florida law f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g that a<br />
manufacturer has a post-sale duty to warn or adopt<strong>in</strong>g the Restatement (Third) of Torts<br />
which discusses such duty.<br />
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Dur<strong>in</strong>g oral argument, there was some discussion as to how the standards will be<br />
<strong>in</strong>troduced. This order does not address that issue, which should be discussed dur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
f<strong>in</strong>al pretrial conference and dur<strong>in</strong>g the trial period.<br />
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