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REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF MINN. v. CHIEF INDUSTRIES

No. 96-1257.

106 F.3d 1409 (1997)

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Appellant, v. CHIEF INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation; Parker-Hannafin Corporation, an Ohio corporation, as successor in interest and current owner of Jackes-Evans Controls, a Mississippi corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. McCarthy, argued, Minneapolis, MN (David F. Herr, Cooper S. Ashley and Mark W. Lee, on the brief), for Appellant.

Thomas Bell Caswell, III, argued Minneapolis, MN, for Chief Industries.

Kevin Aloysius Spellacy, St. Cloud, MN (John Nelson and Eugene Sheih, on the brief), for Parker-Hannifin Corporation.

Before BEAM, LAY, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

The University of Minnesota appeals the district court's1 grant of summary judgment to defendants Chief Industries and Parker-Hannafin Corporation in this products liability case. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Since 1959, the University has operated the Southwest Research Station near Lamberton, Minnesota. The Southwest station, one of several agricultural research stations run by the University, consists...

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