ST. GERMAIN v. HUSQVARNA CORP.


544 A.2d 1283 (1988)

Jeannette J. ST. GERMAIN v. HUSQVARNA CORPORATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan W. Sprague, Stevens, Engels, Bishop & Sprague, Presque Isle, Rudolph T. Pelletier (orally), Madawaska, for plaintiff.

E. Allen Hunter (orally), Solman, Page & Hunter, P.A., Caribou, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.


SCOLNIK, Justice.

In this products liability case, Jeannette St. Germain appeals from a judgment entered for the defendant, Husqvarna Corporation, by the Superior Court (Aroostook County), following a jury trial. St. Germain contends that the trial court erred in granting a directed verdict in favor of the defendant on the issue of strict liability. We agree, but finding the error harmless, we affirm the judgment.

On August 1, 1979, Ronald St. Germain, the...

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