Elliot v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

May 4, 1993
SC 14764
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The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 30 Conn. ‍‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍App. 664 (AC 11185), is granted, limited to the following issues:

“1. Where the defense of alteration/modification of a product is asserted as a defense ‍‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍to a product liability claim, and there is evidence to support that defense, is the defendant entitled to a jury instruction on that ‍‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍defense separate and apart from any instruction on the issue of misuse of the product?
“2. Where it is claimed that misuse of a ‍‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍product is the proximate cause of an injury, and there is evidence to support that defense, is the defendant entitled to an instruction ‍‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍that if the jury so finds, the plaintiff is barred from recovery?”