HUGHES v. MASSEY-FERGUSON, INC.

No. 93-548.

522 N.W.2d 294 (1994)

Thomas HUGHES, Appellant, v. MASSEY-FERGUSON, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Fuerste of Fuerste, Carew, Coyle, Juergens & Sudmeier, P.C., Dubuque, and Alfred E. Hughes of Hughes & Trannel, P.C., Dubuque, for appellant.

Frederick G. White of Frederick G. White Law Office, Waterloo, and Ronald Pawlak, Troy, MI, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LAVORATO, NEUMAN, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

Appellant Thomas Hughes seeks a third trial in this suit for severe injuries he sustained while operating a combine manufactured by defendant Massey-Ferguson. The question on appeal is whether, as Hughes contends, the district court erroneously instructed the jury on a state of the art defense. Because we believe the issue was properly submitted, we affirm.

On the morning of October 7, 1986, Hughes was harvesting corn with a Massey-Ferguson...

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