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JACKSON v. CORNING GLASS WORKS

No. 86-354-A.

538 A.2d 666 (1988)

Kenneth F. JACKSON v. CORNING GLASS WORKS.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmond A. DiSandro, DiSandro-Smith & Associates, P.C., Providence, for plaintiff.

Kenneth P. Borden, Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, Providence, for defendant.

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice

This case comes before us on an appeal by the defendant, Corning Glass Works (Corning), from a judgment entered in the Superior Court in the amount of $804,892.17 (including interest to the date of the judgment) in favor of the plaintiff, Kenneth F. Jackson, who had lost the sight in his right eye as a result of being struck by a shard of glass from a shattered Pyrex glass bowl cover manufactured by Corning. We reverse. The facts...

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