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The case was brought by Bradley/Grombacher, a Westlake Village firm, and Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz, a personal injury and product liability firm in Pensacola, Fla., that has handled mass tort cases and represented homeowners suing insurers over hurricane claims.

Coyote finally decides to hire a lawyer to take the Acme Corp. to court for product liability, such as faulty rocket skates and defective aerial bombs.

The jury found Color Marble liable for negligence — as it did Caesarstone USA and Cambria — but did not deem it liable for other claims for product liability as it had for those firms.

But legal experts warn the legislation could have broader consequences — extending to any product liability claim or, in Iowa’s case, providing immunity from lawsuits of any kind.

There also are concerns that the legislation could stifle any product liability claim since most rely on the argument that a company failed to warn, said Andrew Mertens, executive director of the Iowa Association for Justice, an organization for trial lawyers.