CHRISTOPHERSON v. DEERE & CO.

No. 90-2231.

941 F.2d 692 (1991)

Curtis M. CHRISTOPHERSON, Appellant, v. DEERE & COMPANY, a/k/a John Deere Company, a Delaware Corporation, Appellee. Monica R. CHRISTOPHERSON, Appellant, v. DEERE & COMPANY, a/k/a John Deere Company, a Delaware Corporation, Appellee, v. Howard CHRISTOPHERSON.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1991.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jefferson D. Sellers, argued (Jack B. Sellers, on brief), Sapulpa, Okl., for appellant.

Philip Willson, argued (Joseph D. Thornton, on brief), Council Bluffs, Iowa, for appellee.

Edward F. Noethe, Omaha, Neb., for cross-appellee Howard Christopherson.

Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and LARSON, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 11, 1991.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Curtis M. and Monica R. Christopherson appeal from the final judgment entered on the jury verdict in their products liability action. The jury awarded compensatory damages to plaintiffs, denied their claim for punitive damages and, applying the Iowa law of comparative fault, found Curtis Christopherson responsible for twenty percent of his injuries. Federal subject matter...

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