RODRIGUES v. RIPLEY INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. 74-1065, 74-1072.

507 F.2d 782 (1974)

Joseph RODRIGUES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RIPLEY INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Joseph RODRIGUES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RIPLEY INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent A. Wenners, Jr., Manchester, N.H., with whom Craig, Wenners, Craig & McDowell, Manchester, N.H., was on brief, for Joseph Rodrigues.

W. Wright Danenbarger, Manchester, N.H., with whom Susan B. Monson and Wiggin, Nourie, Sundeen, Pingree & Bigg, Manchester, N.H., were on brief, for Ripley Industries, Inc.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal by plaintiff Rodrigues and defendant Ripley from a judgment in the amount of $15,000 pursuant to a jury verdict. Rodrigues was injured when a plastic injection heel molding machine designed and manufactured by Ripley and owned by its subsidiary, Security Heel Company, Rodrigues' employer, closed on his hand causing permanent and total disability. Rodrigues seeks a new trial, alleging errors by the trial court and...

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