Ron Warren v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Company

Summary

The court upheld Teleflex's liability for failing to warn users that a small hydraulic-fluid loss could cause sudden steering failure, ejection, and death. It also upheld the discretionary grant of a new trial, the refusal to give Teleflex's proposed component-part instruction, and the decision not to bifurcate liability and punitive-damages issues. The court concluded that the $23,000,000 punitive-damages award violated due process and amended it to $4,250,000.