Buckner v. Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.

Opinion

HILL, P. J.

In this product liability action, defendant appeals from an order granting a new trial on plaintiff’s claims of failure to warn of the dangers of the product. The order was entered on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, after the jury found in favor of defendant on its sophisticated user defense (Johnson v. American Standard, Inc. (2008) 43 Cal.4th 56 [74 Cal.Rptr.3d 108, 179 P.3d 905] (Johnson)). The jury found plaintiff was a sophisticated user of the product who already had, or should have had, knowledge of the dangers of the product;…