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WEGSCHEIDER v. PLASTICS, INC.

No. 49512.

289 N.W.2d 167 (1980)

Frederick G. WEGSCHEIDER, et al., Appellants, v. PLASTICS, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sachs, Latz & Kirshbaum and Mitchel I. Kirshbaum, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Murnane, Murnane, Conlin & White and Robert W. Murnane, St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard before PETERSON, KELLY, and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

PETERSON, Justice.

Plaintiff Frederick Wegscheider was injured March 10, 1970, in a fall from a tanker trailer owned by defendant, Plastics, Inc. Plaintiff sued defendant on the grounds of negligence and strict liability.1 The case was submitted to the jury on the theory of negligence, with instructions on comparative fault and assumption of risk. The trial court refused to give a requested instruction on strict liability and did not submit...

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