RYNDERS v. E.I. DU PONT, DE NEMOURS & CO.

No. 93-1643.

21 F.3d 835 (1994)

Marilyn RYNDERS, Appellant, v. E.I. DU PONT, DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, a Delaware corporation. Appellee. James W. BUHLER, Appellant, v. E.I. DU PONT, DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, a Delaware corporation. Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry G. Reed, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Ronald S. Goldser, Minneapolis, MN, Jeffrey Viken, Rapid City, SD, David Strait, Watertown, SD, on the brief), for appellant.

Edward M. Mansfield of Phoenix, AZ, argued (Ross F. Schmucki, Barry Fish, and Michale O. Miller, Phoenix William Porter and Patricia Meyers, Rapid City, SD, on the brief), for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, BEAM, Circuit Judge, and JACKSON, District Judge.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Marilyn Rynders and James Buhler brought this diversity products liability action against E.I. Du Pont, De Nemours & Company (DuPont), the manufacturer of certain polymers commonly known by their trade name, Teflon. Vitek, Inc. (Vitek), a now bankrupt medical supplies manufacturer, used Teflon to construct the cartilage replacement implants that injured both Rynders and Buhler. After a hearing, the district court1

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