Diana Coba, etc. v. Tricam Industries, Inc.

When a jury in a civil case returns with an inconsistent verdict and a party does not object before the jury is discharged, the well-established law has been that the party waives any objections to the inconsistent verdict. The conflict issue presented in this case is whether, in products liability cases, there is a “fundamental nature” exception to this general rule — that is, an exception that does not require a party to immediately object to an inconsistent verdict — where the jury finds that the defendant was negligent in the design of the product but also finds that the product did not…