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COOPER v. FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER CO.

Nos. 88-15520, 88-15538.

945 F.2d 1103 (1991)

Ludis J. COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, Defendant, and The Budd Company, Defendant-Appellant. Ludis J. COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean B. Allison and Scott D. Bertzyk, Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, Los Angeles, Cal., Richard Davis, Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, Tucson, Ariz., Harvey M. Grossman, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

Tom Slutes, Slutes, Sakrison, Even, Grant & Pelander, Tucson, Ariz., Thomas P. Schult, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, Kansas City, Mo., Frank S. Perkin, Jr., Troy, Mich., for defendant-appellant Budd Co.

John C. Risjord and Randy W. James, John C. Risjord & Associates, Overland Park, Kan., Thomas J. Davis, Davis & Eppstein, Tucson, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWNING, PREGERSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges.

JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. and The Budd Co. appeal from the district court's denial of their motion for new trial or remittur. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Ludis J. Cooper was injured in the course of his employment as a tire repairman when a multi-piece truck rim, known as the RH5 degree, explosively separated as he was servicing a wheel and tire. The injury required amputation of Cooper's right hand and part of his...

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