SHIELDS v. STURM, RUGER & CO.

No. 87-4961 Summary Calendar.

864 F.2d 379 (1989)

Fred W. SHIELDS and Joyce Shields, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Nobles, Jr., Jackson, Miss., A. Kennon Goff, III, Ruston, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James A. Becker, Jr., Jackson, Miss., Brian W. Bell, James P. Dorr, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, POLITZ and JONES, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs bring this appeal from an unfavorable judgment below in their products liability suit against the manufacturer of a hand gun, claiming that various trial errors require reversal and a new trial. We affirm.

On the night of January 31, 1981, Fred Shields was riding in the front seat of his pickup truck along with two of his sons and his wife, Joyce, who was driving. As they traveled down a rural highway in Mississippi,...

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