Kilburn v. Acands, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs and verdicts reinstated. Memorandum: In these wrongful death actions consolidated for trial, the jury returned verdicts in favor of defendants. Plaintiffs’ motions to set aside those verdicts as against the weight of the evidence were denied by the trial court. On its own motion, however, the trial court set aside the verdicts on the ground that it had failed to charge the jury, as requested by plaintiffs, that adherence to government standards by defendants did not relieve them of their obligation to make their products reasonably safe and…
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