Arnold v. Ingersoll-Rand Co.

KAROHL, Judge.

After remand from the Supreme Court in Arnold v. Ingersoll-Rand Co., 834 S.W.2d 192 (Mo. banc 1992) (Arnold I), a jury found in favor of defendant in a product liability case. In 1992, our Supreme Court reversed a judgment for plaintiffs and remanded after determining their failure to warn claim was not submissible under MAI 25.05 and a jury instruction concerning contributory fault should have been submitted at defendant’s request. Id.

During retrial the trial court directed a verdict on plaintiffs’ failure to warn claims. It submitted to the jury plaintiffs’ product liability…