FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. ZAHN

No. 16107.

265 F.2d 729 (1959)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. Marvin D. ZAHN, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 16, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Nord, Minneapolis, Minn. (G. P. Mahoney, Mahoney & Mahoney Minneapolis, Minn., on the brief), for appellant.

C. A. Ryan, Brainerd, Minn. (Ryan, Ryan & Ebert, Brainerd, Minn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and VOGEL and MATTHES, Circuit Judges.


MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

This is a Minnesota negligence action, in which appellee-plaintiff received a judgment for $26,350 following jury verdict, as damages for loss of his eye occasioned by a defective ash tray in a Ford automobile manufactured by appellant-defendant. Jurisdiction rests on diversity and amount in controversy. At the conclusion of all of the evidence, defendant moved unsuccessfully for a directed verdict; and after trial, moved for judgment notwithstanding...

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