FANE v. ZIMMER, INC.

No. 528, Docket 90-7417.

927 F.2d 124 (1991)

Paula FANE and Kjell Fane, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ZIMMER, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise L. Hummel, Tarrytown, N.Y. (Pirrotti & Hummel, Tarrytown, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas M. Hirschen, Schenectady, N.Y. (Friedman, Hirschen, Miller & Coughlin, Schenectady, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before MESKILL and ALTIMARI, Circuit Judges, and DORSEY, District Judge.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Foley, J., granting a directed verdict in favor of the defendant-appellee, Zimmer, Inc. (Zimmer), thereby dismissing plaintiffs-appellants Paula and Kjell Fane's products liability and negligence action. The judge directed a verdict for Zimmer after both sides had presented their cases but before the action was submitted to the jury...

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