HAGAN v. EZ MFG. CO.

No. 81-2212.

674 F.2d 1047 (1982)

Jerry Wayne HAGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EZ MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice Amidei, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert Ramey, H. Kent Twining, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM, RANDALL and TATE, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This products liability case involves an electric saw which allegedly was unreasonably dangerous because of a design defect. On the record before us, we are compelled to hold that the district court acted properly in granting the defendant's motion for a directed verdict. The plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence for the case to go to the jury on allegations of a design defect and of a failure to warn causing the accident. We hold...

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