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RYE v. BLACK & DECKER MFG. CO.

No. 88-6099.

889 F.2d 100 (1989)

John E. RYE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLACK & DECKER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Reese Bagwell (argued), Clarksville, Tenn., W. Douglas Myers, Deatherage, Myers & Haggard, Hopkinsville, Ky., for plaintiff-appellant.

R. David Clark, Linda M. Hopgood, George B. Hocker (argued), Clark, Ward & Hopgood, Lexington, Ky., for defendant-appellee.

Before KENNEDY and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges; and LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

In this products liability action, appellant John Rye appeals the District Court's exclusion of evidence of prior injuries allegedly caused by circular saws manufactured by appellee Black & Decker similar to the saw which injured appellant. At trial, appellant claimed the saw was defectively designed in that it did not have a completely closing guard or a riving knife.1 He also claimed appellee failed to give...

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