Leslie M. Kroeger's Publications
Co-Authored by Leslie Kroeger and Ted Leopold
"Because the safety of your family and friends is riding on them."
"Because the safety of your family and friends is riding on them."
Changes to Current and Future Crashworthiness Cases
Date:
May 4, 2011
Co-Authored by Ted Leopold and Leslie Kroeger
On Wednesday, May 4, 2011, the Florida Legislature passed SB 142, a bill that significantly impacts all current and future products liability cases against auto manufacturers in Florida. Over the past three years, Leopold Law, P.A. has served on the front lines with a coalition of products liability experts, focused on countering the efforts of major car manufacturers' to reverse the states high court ruling in D'Amario v. Ford. Despite our best efforts, the auto lobby prevailed and successfully passed legislation designed to reduce their accountability and increase the burden on motorists who are victimized by defective products.
On Wednesday, May 4, 2011, the Florida Legislature passed SB 142, a bill that significantly impacts all current and future products liability cases against auto manufacturers in Florida. Over the past three years, Leopold Law, P.A. has served on the front lines with a coalition of products liability experts, focused on countering the efforts of major car manufacturers' to reverse the states high court ruling in D'Amario v. Ford. Despite our best efforts, the auto lobby prevailed and successfully passed legislation designed to reduce their accountability and increase the burden on motorists who are victimized by defective products.
The Importance of D'Amario v. Ford and How it Protects Florida's Consumers
Source:
The Florida Bar Journal
Date:
April 1, 2011
85 Florida Bar Journal 4 (April 2011)
Co-Authored by Ted Leopold, Leslie Kroeger, and Diana Martin
Due to an aggressive campaign seeking to legislatively overrule the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in D’Amario v. Ford, 806 So. 2d 424 (Fla. 2001), the decision may no longer be good law by the time this article is published. The abolition of this decision, which held that the fault of an automobile manufacturer in a crashworthiness case ordinarily may not be apportioned with the fault of the driver of the vehicle who allegedly caused the initial crash,1 will be harmful not only to victims who suffer enhanced injuries in automobile accidents, but also to Florida’s consumers.
Co-Authored by Ted Leopold, Leslie Kroeger, and Diana Martin
Due to an aggressive campaign seeking to legislatively overrule the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in D’Amario v. Ford, 806 So. 2d 424 (Fla. 2001), the decision may no longer be good law by the time this article is published. The abolition of this decision, which held that the fault of an automobile manufacturer in a crashworthiness case ordinarily may not be apportioned with the fault of the driver of the vehicle who allegedly caused the initial crash,1 will be harmful not only to victims who suffer enhanced injuries in automobile accidents, but also to Florida’s consumers.
