JOHNSON v. COLT INDUSTRIES OPERATING CORP.

Nos. 85-1922, 85-2006.

797 F.2d 1530 (1986)

Francis Paul JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. COLT INDUSTRIES OPERATING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.B. Conant, Jr. (John T. Helm and Mark J. Zimmerman of Shank, Irwin & Conant, Dallas, Tex., George A. Lowe and Christopher Bacon of Lowe, Terry & Roberts, Olathe, Kan., with him on briefs), for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.

Victor A. Bergman (John E. Shamberg and Cathy A. Sayles of Shamberg, Johnson, Bergman & Goldman, Shawnee Mission, Kan., with him on briefs), for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before McKAY, SETH and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied October 2, 1986 in No. 85-1922.

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge.

Colt Industries Operating Corporation ("appellant") appeals from a judgment entered January 18, 1985 upon a jury verdict in favor of Francis Paul Johnson ("appellee") in the District of Kansas, Dale E. Saffels, District Judge. The jury found appellant liable for the injuries sustained by appellee and his wife when his handgun manufactured by appellant accidently discharged after...

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