Opinion ID: 2994396
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Heading: Pacheco’s Expert Opinion Regarding a Warning

Text: for the TSP As stated above, Pacheco also opined that the warning labels on the TSP were inadequate because they failed to provide an adequate warning regarding the risk of pallets becoming dislodged and entering the operator’s compartment./13 Specifically, in his December 1, 1998 report, Pacheco stated that this warning was inadequate and that Crown failed to adequately warn of the hazards and warn of necessary operational steps to be taken which would enable users to avoid the hazard. The same reliability requirements that apply to alternative design apply to alternative warnings. See Cummins, 93 F.3d at 367. Just as Pacheco failed to test his proposed guarding requirements, Pacheco also failed to test (or even to draft) an alternative warning for the TSP. At his deposition, Pacheco testified: A. I think there needs to be a specific warning to the operator about this particular hazard. Q. The hazard of pallets possibly entering the compartment? A. Yes. Q. And what kind of warning would you provide to so satisfy your belief one ought to be provided? A. You mean the language of a warning? Q. Yes, yes. A. I haven’t created the language for a warning, so I would have to do that. Q. So you haven’t done that task? A. That’s right.