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McKINNON v. SKIL CORP.

No. 80-1298.

638 F.2d 270 (1981)

James A. McKINNON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SKIL CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1981.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund M. Pitts, Boston, Mass., with whom Pitts & Pitts, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

David A. Barry, Boston, Mass., with whom Kenneth L. Carson, Regina Roman, and Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, PELL and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, James McKinnon, sued Skil Corporation on negligence and breach of warranty theories for injuries he incurred while operating a portable electric saw manufactured by the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for Skil on April 4, 1980. McKinnon alleges that the trial judge committed numerous prejudicial errors by giving misleading or erroneous instructions, refusing to give an instruction requested by the plaintiff, and by the exclusion...

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