According to Florida case law, a retailer does not have a duty to inspect for latent product defects: K–Mart's sole act, as indicated by the verdict form, was to sell the defective swing set to Stuhr. The swing set was furnished to K–Mart by the distributor, Chairs,...

According to Federal Statute, regulation and case law, a consumer product is defined as "any article, or component part thereof, produced or distributed (i) for sale to a consumer for use in or around a permanent or temporary household or residence, a school, in...

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which is the regulatory agency formed under the provisions of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Act (the "Act" - 15 U.S.C. 2051), there are currently more than 37 safety standards under the Act related to consumer...

According to Florida law, and Federal Case law, a design defect is defect in a product that causes unforeseen hazards during normal use of the product: The alleged design defect must also cause unforeseeable dangers during normal—that is, intended—use of the product....

According to Florida case law as of the date of this article, a lounge chair is not a dangerous instrumentality which is defined as an item that by its nature is reasonably certain to place life and limb in peril when negligently constructed, such as an automobile:...

According to Florida case law as of the date of this article, unless there are special circumstances there is no legal duty requiring a store to ensure that a product lawfully sold will ultimately be used by a customer for a lawful purpose: “Ms. Jenkins alleges that...

According to Florida case law as of the date of this article, there is no duty to warn of an obvious danger where a loader's boom was open and obvious: "“A duty to warn arises where a product is inherently dangerous or has dangerous propensities.... However, there is...