Cota v. Harley Davidson, a Div. of AMF, Inc.

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

This products liability ease involved a collision between a motorcycle and an automobile. The jüry returned a verdict in favor of Jose Cota for $3,500,000 and in favor of his wife, Dorothy, for loss of consortium, in the sum of $175,000. Defendants contend the trial court erred in (1) denying its motion for a mistrial because of jury misconduct; (2) denying its motion to bifurcate the issues of liability and damages; (3) precluding defendants’ use of the defenses of assumption of risk, product misuse and unforeseeable use; (4) limiting the admission of the facts…