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POYNER v. ERMA WERKE GMBH

No. 78-3105.

618 F.2d 1186 (1980)

Joe Terry POYNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ERMA WERKE GMBH and Insurance Company of North America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig W. Housman, Williams, Housman & Sparks, Paducah, Ky., for plaintiff-appellant.

C. Sumner Katz, Philadelphia, Pa., and Earle T. Shoup, Paducah, Ky., for Ins. Co. of North Am.

Erma Werke Gmbh, pro se.

Before LIVELY and KEITH, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

HARRY PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a products liability action instituted by Joe Terry Poyner (Poyner), against Erma Werke Gmbh (Erma), a Germany based manufacturer of firearms, and L.A. Distributors, Inc. (L.A.), a New York based distributor of Erma products.

In February 1968, at age 16, Poyner was injured by a bullet wound inflicted from an Erma manufactured .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol. He is now a paraplegic.

In July 1969, Poyner...

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