ORFIELD v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO.

No. 75-1757.

535 F.2d 959 (1976)

Perry W. ORFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY and Power Equipment Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Heller, William R. H. Broome, Philadelphia, Pa., Bernard E. Bernstein, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

George D. Montgomery, Robert R. Campbell, Knoxville, Tenn., N. R. Coleman, Jr., Greeneville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and WEICK and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a directed verdict for the defendants granted at the close of the plaintiff's proof in a products liability action. Jurisdiction of the district court was properly invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 because of diversity of citizenship and the requisite jurisdictional amount.

Plaintiff Perry W. Orfield had worked for many years as an operator of heavy equipment and had operated bulldozers both with and without steel canopy...

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