SAMPSON v. KARPINSKI

No. 84-020.

515 A.2d 1066 (1986)

Herman J. SAMPSON v. John C. KARPINSKI, d/b/a J. Karpinski's Market v. TWIN STATE FRUIT CORPORATION and Falstaff Brewing Corporation.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

August 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Salmon and Lawrence G. Slason of Salmon & Nostrand, Bellows Falls, for plaintiff-appellee.

John J. Boylan, III, and Scott A. Whitted of Kiel & Boylan, Springfield, for defendant-appellee Karpinski.

Robert R. McKearin of Dinse, Allen & Erdmann, Burlington, for defendant-appellee Twin State Fruit Co.

Fitts, Olson, Carnahan, Anderson & Bump, Brattleboro, and Howard E. Walker of Hinckley & Allan, Providence, Rhode Island, for defendant-appellant Falstaff Brewing Corp.

Before HILL, PECK, GIBSON and HAYES, JJ., and BARNEY, C.J., (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


GIBSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a products liability action tried before a jury in the Windham Superior Court. The jury returned a verdict against defendants Twin State Fruit Corporation (Twin State) and Falstaff Brewing Corporation (Falstaff) in the sum of $100,000; the trial court entered judgment on the verdict. Judgment was entered against J. Karpinski's Market (Karpinski) on the basis of a settlement agreement between the plaintiff and Karpinski...

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