Roberto Coba was fatally injured when he fell from an extension ladder. His widow, Diana Coba, sued the company that made and the company that sold the ladder, arguing a design defect in the ladder caused her husband’s fall. The jury found that ladder did not have a design defect that caused the fall, but held that the companies were negligent. The Third District Court of Appeal ruled that this was an inconsistent verdict and that because Ms. Coba presented evidence establishing only a design defect, the trial court should have set the verdict aside and ruled for the companies.