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Jury service is a necessary civic duty and is required by law. The goal of Florida law is that a jury be composed of a fair cross section of the community, working individuals, retirees, members of different sexes, as well as social backgrounds, to constitute a legal jury for the civil and criminal courts.

The court shall provide each juror with a written set of the instructions for his or her use in deliberations. The court shall file a copy of such instructions.

(1) Members of the jury, now it is time for me to instruct you about the law you must follow in deciding this case. (2) I will start by explaining your duties and the general rules that apply in every criminal case. (3) Then I will explain the elements of the crimes that the defendant is accused of committing.

Instruction 416.30, Waiver, explains to the jury that waiver can be oral, written, or stem from the parties' conduct. To waive a right, the claimant 1) had to know the supposedly waived right existed; 2) knew the defendant could have performed the waived right; and 3) ?freely and intentionally? gave up the right.

A product is unreasonably dangerous because of its design if [the product fails to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would expect when used as intended or when used in a manner reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer] [or] [the risk of danger in the design outweighs the benefits].

Independent Act: This defense can be asserted when a person other than the defendant commits or attempts to commit a crime which the defendant did not intend to occur and did not participate in, and which was not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the common design or unlawful act contemplated by the defendant.