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2012 Florida Statutes
SECTION 1257
State-of-the-art defense for products liability.
State-of-the-art defense for products liability.
768.1257 State-of-the-art defense for products liability.—In an action based upon defective design, brought against the manufacturer of a product, the finder of fact shall consider the state of the art of scientific and technical knowledge and other circumstances that existed at the time of manufacture, not at the time of loss or injury.
History.—s. 14, ch. 99-225.