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PHILLIPS v. HARDWARE WHOLESALERS, INC.

No. 83-1804.

762 F.2d 46 (1985)

Dennis PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HARDWARE WHOLESALERS, INC., a foreign corporation, and R.D. Werner Company, Inc., a foreign corporation, jointly and severally, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Kohl, Plunkett, Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk and Pedersen, Ernest R. Bazzana, argued, Detroit, Mich., for defendants-appellants.

Richard B. Worsham, Larry A. Smith, argued, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MARTIN and JONES, Circuit Judges, and HOLSCHUH, District Judge.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity products liability action in which a jury awarded Dennis Phillips $90,000 for injuries he received when a ladder on which he was standing slipped out from underneath him. The manufacturer and wholesaler of the ladder, R.D. Werner Company and Hardware Wholesalers, Inc., respectively, appeal from the trial court's denial of a directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding...

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