Legal Opinion
Czarnecki v. Volkswagen of America
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided December 31, 1991No. 1 CA-CV 90-140PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACOBSON, Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Thomas Czamecki appeals from a jury verdict in favor of Volkswagen of America (VW) in his suit to recover for the paraplegia he sustained in an automobile collision. We address the following issues in this appeal:(1) Did the trial court err in failing to instruct the jury on apportionment of damages?(2) Did the court err in its instructions on the “misuse” defense and the definition of “reasonably foreseeable use”?(3) Did the court err in failing to give the RAJI hindsight and consumer expectation instructions?(4) Did the court err in its ruling on…
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