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DENTE v. RIDDELL, INC.

No. 80-1591.

664 F.2d 1 (1981)

Francis J. DENTE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. RIDDELL, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 25, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Searson, III, Boston, Mass., with whom James P. McCarthy, and McCarthy & Sheehan, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Phillip M. Davis, Boston, Mass., with whom Elizabeth A. Sharawara and Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

On October 25, 1975, Francis Dente was injured during a college football game while wearing a football helmet manufactured by Riddell, Inc. Two years later Dente sued Riddell for negligence and breach of warranty, alleging that defects in the helmet had caused him to sustain permanent brain damage. In a special verdict delivered after 13 days of trial and nearly two days of deliberation, the jury found that the helmet was defectively...

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