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HAMLEY v. BECTON DICKINSON AND CO.

No. 88-5946.

886 F.2d 804 (1989)

Jenia L. HAMLEY, Individually, and Jenia L. Hamley as mother and next of kin of Clayton Allen Hamley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Holt Smith (argued), Madisonville, Tenn., Edward M. Graves, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

L. Anderson Galyon, III (argued), Rebecca B. Murray, Kennerly, Montgomery & Finley, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant-appellee.

Before ENGEL, Chief Judge, JONES, Circuit Judge, and WOODS, District Judge.

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Jenia L. Hamley, appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment for the defendant in this product liability action. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the district court and remand for trial.

I.

In 1985, Hamley was employed as a medical assistant for a Georgia physician. On April 15, 1985, after taking a blood sample from a patient, Hamley inadvertently punctured one of her fingers...

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