What is the test for a jury finding no liability on strict liability failure to warn?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Tibbett v. L.A. Cnty. Fire Dep't, B282759 (Cal. App. 2019):
defect]; accord, Oxford v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 700, 720 [jury's finding of negligent failure to warn was "logically and legally inconsistent" with jury's finding of no liability on strict liability failure to warn].)
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