Del Risco v. Industrial Affiliates, Ltd.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs Minerva Del Risco, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rene Del Risco, and Adolfo Perez and Anita Perez from a final judgment entered upon an adverse jury verdict in a premises liability/negligence action arising out of an explosion ignited by gas fumes in a warehouse owned by the defendant Industrial Affiliates, Ltd. We reverse the final judgment under review and remand the cause for a new trial based on a holding that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to give the plaintiffs’ requested jury instructions to the effect that: (a)…