Legal Opinion
Quilez-Velar v. Ox Bodies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 9, 2016No. 15-1466PPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This diversity case arose from the death of Maribel Quilez-Bonelli following an automobile accident involving Maribel’s Jeep Liberty and a truck in use by Municipality of San Juan employees that had fitted onto its trash body an underride guard designed by Ox Bodies, Inc. (“Ox Bodies”). Maribel’s family members brought suit in federal court against Ox Bodies, seeking damages for, inter alia, defective design of the underride guard. A jury found Ox Bodies strictly liable for defective design and awarded the plaintiffs damages totaling $6,000,000. By special verdict form,…
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