THOMAS v. CHRYSLER CORP.

No. 82-2392.

717 F.2d 1223 (1983)

Max THOMAS and Lisa Thomas, Appellants, v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1983.

As Amended October 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas H. Patton, Young, Patton & Folsom, Texarkana, Ark., for appellants.

Davis, Cox & Wright, Fayetteville, Ark., for appellee, Chrysler Corp.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

In this diversity action Max Thomas and his wife Lisa Thomas appeal from a judgment entered in the District Court1 for the Western District of Arkansas upon a jury verdict in favor of Chrysler Corporation. The sole issue on appeal in this products liability case is whether the trial court erred in excluding evidence of allegedly similar accidents. We affirm.

In August 1979, Max Thomas bought a used 1977 Dodge van manufactured...

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