CALHOUN v. HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

No. 82-5512.

738 F.2d 126 (1984)

Richard Lee CALHOUN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, LTD. and American Honda Motor Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Chaney [Lead Counsel], argued, Paducah, Ky., Terry Wells, Smithland, Ky., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas B. Russell, Richard C. Roberts, [Lead], argued, Jonathan Freed, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Paducah, Ky., for defendants-appellees.

Before KEITH and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges, and WEICK, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 9, 1984.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

This diversity case arises from injuries received by plaintiff's son who rear-ended a stopped truck while operating his Honda 750 CB Motorcycle. Plaintiff brought suit alleging that a brake defect in the motorcycle was the proximate cause of the collision. A jury awarded a verdict to the plaintiff which was superseded by the trial judge's grant of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict...

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