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EAST PENN MFG. CO. v. PINEDA

Nos. 88-885, 88-886 and 88-966.

578 A.2d 1113 (1990)

EAST PENN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Francisco R. PINEDA, et al., Appellees. LEETH BROTHERS, INC., Appellant, v. Francisco R. PINEDA, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 18, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Maloney, with whom James C. Gregg, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for East Penn Mfg. Co. appellant in Nos. 88-885 and 88-966.

William J. Donnelly, Washington, D.C., for Leeth Bros., Inc., appellant in No. 88-886 and appellee in No. 88-966.

Edward L. Norwind, Washington, D.C., for Francisco R. and Gladys Pineda, appellees in Nos. 88-885 and 88-886.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

A jury returned a verdict in favor of Francisco R. Pineda and his wife on the "failure to warn" count of their product liability claim against the manufacturer and seller of a commercial truck battery. The jury found that the warning label affixed to the battery was inadequate to apprise Pineda—a truck mechanic partially blinded after the battery exploded—of the risks associated with charging the battery, and that the inadequate...

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