MATTHEWS v. HYSTER CO., INC.

Nos. 87-5796, 87-5844.

854 F.2d 1166 (1988)

Fred MATTHEWS, Elias Satola, Paul Bjazevich, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. HYSTER COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellants. Fred MATTHEWS, Elias Satola, Paul Bjazevich, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. LYKES BROTHERS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Hyster Company, Inc., Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney C. Pranin, Julie Sullwold Hernandez, Pranin & Muldoon, Wilmington, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants/cross-appellees.

J. Michael Crowe, Ann Kough, Crowe and Day, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee/cross-appellants.

Before GOODWIN, HALL, Circuit Judges, and SCHNACKE, District Judge.


SCHNACKE, District Judge:

I STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Plaintiffs (appellants/cross-appellees) appeal from a directed verdict in favor of defendant Hyster Company, Inc. Hyster (appellees/cross-appellants) appeals from the admission of evidence of subsequent design modifications made to the relevant machine. Jurisdiction over the appeal and the cross-appeal is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1982).

Plaintiffs Matthews, Satola and Bjazevich brought this...

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