DABNEY v. MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., INC.

No. 82-1062.

692 F.2d 49 (1982)

Marjorie Louise DABNEY, Appellee, v. MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1982.

As Modified September 9, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. Schulte, Dailey, Ruther, Bauer, Schulte & Hahn, Burlington, Iowa, for appellee.

Michael W. Liebbe, Celeste F. Bremer, Raben, Liebbe, Shinkle & Bremer, Davenport, Iowa, Kent A. Simmons, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellant.

Before HEANEY and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and REGAN, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 19, 1982.

REGAN, Senior District Judge.

In this product liability case plaintiff recovered a judgment of $1,000,000 plus pre-judgment interest for damages she sustained as the result of serious burn injuries caused by a fire in her rented duplex apartment on October 15, 1977. Defendant appeals from the denial of its post-judgment motions. We reverse and remand.

The principal issue on appeal is whether...

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