DUFORD v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.

No. 87-1095.

833 F.2d 407 (1987)

Raymond DUFORD and Sandra Duford, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1987.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing December 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex Komaridis, Auburn, N.H., for plaintiffs, appellants.

Ovide M. Lamontagne with whom Andrew D. Dunn and Devine, Millimet, Stahl & Branch Professional Ass'n, Manchester, N.H., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

We are presented with an appeal from a district court's direction of a verdict in favor of the defendants in a products liability action. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.

I. BACKGROUND

In December of 1979, plaintiffs Raymond and Sandra Duford of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, lost their house and many of their belongings in a fire. It is uncontested that the fire...

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