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HARRIS v. PACIFIC FLOOR MACH. MFG. CO.

No. 87-1322.

856 F.2d 64 (1988)

Rothie Louise HARRIS, Appellant, v. PACIFIC FLOOR MACHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill B. Wiggins, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellant.

Woody Bassett, Fayetteville, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and McMILLIAN and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity action brought under Arkansas law on theories of negligence and products liability. Rothie Louise Harris was injured while using gasoline along with a floor buffer made by Pacific Floor Machine Manufacturing Company to strip paint off of a floor in a bathroom in the elementary school in Cedarville, Arkansas. After several gallons of gasoline had been poured on the floor, Harris started the buffer, creating a spark in its...

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