In an attempt to overturn an award of more than $55 million, Honda argued before the Pennsylvania Superior Court that standard jury instructions in crashworthiness cases cannot pass muster in the wake of the game-changing decision in Tincher v. Omega Flex.
A three-judge panel of the state Superior Court heard arguments Aug. 9 in Martinez v. American Honda Motor. The main dispute centered around whether crashworthiness jury instructions properly account for risk-utility and consumer protection issues that were sanctioned under the state Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Tincher.
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