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BENZEL v. KELLER INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. S-94-1064.

567 N.W.2d 552 (1997)

253 Neb. 20

Larry M. BENZEL, Appellee, v. KELLER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

August 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Zimmerman, of Sorenson & Zimmerman, and Patrick Callahan, of Purcell & Wardrope, Chtd., Scottsbluff, for appellant.

Michael J. Javoronok, of Michael J. Javoronok Law Firm, Gering, and Robert P. Chaloupka, of Van Steenberg, Chaloupka, Mullin, Holyoke, Pahlke, Smith, Snyder & Hofmeister, P.C., Scottsbluff, for appellee.

WHITE, C.J., CAPORALE, WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, and GERRARD, JJ., and BURKHARD and CASSEL, District Judges.

GERRARD, Justice.

Appellee Larry M. Benzel was standing on an 8-foot aluminum stepladder stripping paint from a window frame when a step on the ladder failed and he lost his balance and fell, sustaining a broken leg. Benzel filed a product liability lawsuit against the ladder's manufacturer, appellant Keller Industries, Inc. (Keller). A jury, finding that the Keller ladder at issue was defective and the cause of Benzel's injury, awarded him $160,000 in damages, and...

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