ROY v. JASPER CORP.

No. 81-1453.

666 F.2d 714 (1981)

Michael J. ROY and Dorothy M. Roy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JASPER CORPORATION d/b/a/ Adjusto Equipment Company and Ronthor, Division of Evans Products Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Griffith, Nashua, N.H., with whom Hamblett & Kerrigan Professional Association, Nashua, N.H., was on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Elizabeth Cazden, Manchester, N.H., with whom Law Offices of Robert A. Backus, John Peltonen, and Stark & Peltonen, Manchester, N.H., were on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Judge, U.S. Court of Claims.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Michael J. Roy brought a product liability diversity action and his wife, Dorothy, an action for loss of consortium against defendants-appellees Jasper Corporation and Ronthor Company for injuries Michael allegedly incurred when work stools upon which he was seated while employed by Kolsman Instruments broke on two separate occasions. The defendants designed and manufactured the stools. The district court dismissed both actions on the grounds...

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