KIRSCH v. PICKER INTERN., INC.

No. 83-2550.

753 F.2d 670 (1985)

Elisabeth KIRSCH, Appellant, v. PICKER INTERNATIONAL, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1985.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne Petren, John E. McKay, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

James W. Benjamin, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before HEANEY and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges, and HANSON, District Judge.


Rehearing En Banc Denied April 3, 1985.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Elisabeth Kirsch brought this action against Picker International, Inc., claiming that x-ray treatments administered with Picker machines caused her to develop skin cancer. The district court1 directed a verdict in Picker's favor at the close of the plaintiff's case. Kirsch appeals and urges that two issues should have been submitted to the jury: whether Picker...

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