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STERNER v. U.S. PLYWOOD-CHAMPION PAPER, INC.

No. 74-1892.

519 F.2d 1352 (1975)

Sven STERNER, Appellee, v. U.S. PLYWOOD-CHAMPION PAPER, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross H. Sidney, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant.

H. Richard Smith, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Before LAY, WEBSTER and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.

LAY, Circuit Judge.

U.S. Plywood-Champion Paper, Inc., appeals from a jury verdict of $27,000.00 in a product liability case tried under Iowa law. In September 1969, Sven Sterner purchased a can of Weldwood Contact Cement, an all-purpose adhesive manufactured by the defendant for retail sale. While he was using the adhesive in the kitchen of his mobile home it ignited, causing a flash fire which injured him. In his complaint, the plaintiff pleaded alternatively (1...

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