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MITCHELL v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 75-1176.

533 F.2d 19 (1976)

Ernest F. MITCHELL, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene M. Van Loan, III, Manchester, N. H., with whom Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Kohls, Manchester, N. H., was on brief, for appellant.

David J. Killkelley, Laconia, N. H., with whom Nighswander, Lord, Martin & Killkelley, Laconia, N. H., was on brief, for plaintiffs-appellees.

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

ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity action brought in the District Court for the District of New Hampshire against a manufacturer for personal injury allegedly due to a defectively designed brake lever (handle) on a dump truck. The sole issue we reach is whether there was evidence to support the jury finding of liability.

On plaintiff's evidence plaintiff, a contractor, purchased the truck when it was a few months old, and had been driven about...

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