IN RE RANDALL

Nos. 83-1224, 83-1255.

712 F.2d 1275 (1983)

In re Vera RANDALL, Petitioner. Vera RANDALL, Appellant, v. WARNACO, INC., HIRSCH WEIS DIVISION, Appellee, v. Larry J. SAKELLSON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armond G. Erickson, Tenneson, Serkland, Lundberg, Erickson & Marcil, Ltd., Fargo, N.D., James M. Samples, Mary H. Terzino, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee Warnaco, Inc., Hirsch-Weis Div.

Fredric A. Swartz, Edward M. Swartz, Alan L. Cantor, Swartz & Swartz, Boston, Mass., Shelley J. Lashkowitz, Fargo, N.D., for petitioner.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and HEANEY and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Chief Judge.

Vera Randall brought this diversity suit for personal injuries against Warnaco, Inc., Hirsch-Weis Division (Warnaco), a tent manufacturer, to recover damages for injuries she sustained when a fire broke out in a tent manufactured by Warnaco. Plaintiff claimed that the tent was defectively manufactured and tested by the defendant resulting in severe and disabling burns to her. The occurrence took place November 13, 1975. After a three week jury trial...

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