PARDO v. OLSON & SONS, INC.

No. 93-35724.

40 F.3d 1063 (1994)

Luis J. PARDO, Jr.; Julian Ramo, Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Luis J. Pardo, Deceased, on behalf of said Estate of Luis J. Pardo; Luis J. Pardo; Luis J. Pardo, Jr.; Dyanara Pardo, a minor; and Julian L. Pardo, a minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OLSON & SONS, INC., a Minnesota corporation; Chas. Olson & Sons, Inc., a Minnesota corporation; Lilly Enterprises, a Minnesota corporation, Defendants, and Knapheide Manufacturing Co., an Illinois corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Leggett, Leggett & Kram, Tacoma, WA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kent C. Meyer, Ogden Murphy Wallace, Seattle, WA, for defendant-appellee.

Before: WOOD, HUG, and TANG, Circuit Judges.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

This is a wrongful death action brought by the personal representatives of the estate of Luis Pardo, whose death resulted from injuries he suffered while he was repairing a dump truck. Jurisdiction in the district court was based on diversity of citizenship, and Washington state law applies. The subject of the appeal is the summary judgment in favor of Knapheide Manufacturing Co. ("Knapheide"), the manufacturer of the bed of the dump truck.

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