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GAUTHIER v. AMF, INC.

No. 85-3750.

788 F.2d 634 (1986)

Richard GAUTHIER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMF, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.P. Ryan, Atty., Ryan & McAllister, Billings, Mont., for plaintiff-appellee.

L. Randall Bishop, Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, Billings, Mont., for defendant-appellant.

Before WALLACE and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, District Judge.

THELTON E. HENDERSON, District Judge:

This is an appeal from a jury verdict for plaintiff Richard Gauthier against defendant AMF, Inc. in a products liability case tried in January 1985. Montana substantive law governs this diversity case. AMF appeals the trial court's admission of certain evidence, as well as its refusal to give a proposed jury instruction. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

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