BALCOM v. LYNN LADDER AND SCAFFOLDING CO., INC.

No. 86-1443.

806 F.2d 1127 (1986)

Kenneth BALCOM, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. LYNN LADDER AND SCAFFOLDING COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees. John S. Tilley Ladder Co., Inc., Third-Party Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sterling H. Schoen, Jr. and Schoen & Bagley, Manchester, N.H., on brief for third-party defendant, appellant.

Robert C. Dewhirst, Bartram C. Branch and Devine, Millimet, Stahl & Branch Professional Ass'n, Manchester, N.H., on brief for defendant, appellee Lynn Ladder and Scaffolding Co., Inc.

Before BOWNES, BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, a third-party defendant in a product liability case, appeals a district court judgment in favor of the defendant. The jury found for the defendant on the ground that the defective aspects of the product at issue, a ladder, did not cause the plaintiff's injuries. The jury also found, via special verdict, that appellant made the ladder in question and that it was defective. Appellant argues that the district court should, somehow, have set aside...

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