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RIZZO v. CORNING INC.

Nos. 96-1597, 96-1689.

105 F.3d 338 (1997)

Joseph RIZZO and Margaret Rizzo, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CORNING INCORPORATED and Mr. Coffee, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Barinholtz, Chicago, IL, Michael Childress (argued), Childress, Eshoo, Williams & Zdeb, Chicago, IL, Ron Lev (argued), Chicago, IL, for Joseph and Margaret Rizzo in Nos. 96-1597, 96-1689.

Anne G. Kimball (argued), Kevin B. Reid, Elizabeth A. Sanders, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, for Corning, Incorporated.

Carol P. Woosley (argued), Marthe C. Purmal, Aries, Purmal, Barnes & Cohen, Chicago, IL, for Mr. Coffee, Incorporated.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and MANION, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

Joseph Rizzo and his wife Margaret brought a products liability suit in federal district court under the diversity jurisdiction against the manufacturer of the "Mr. Coffee" coffeemaker and the manufacturer of the glass portion of the coffeemaker's carafe. A jury awarded damages of $182,000 to the plaintiffs (a part of the award was to Mrs. Rizzo, for loss of consortium), and the defendants appeal. The accident giving rise to the suit came about...

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