SIMMONS v. LINCOLN ELEC. CO.

No. 95-718-Appeal.

696 A.2d 273 (1997)

William SIMMONS v. LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aram R. Schefrin, Merrill J. Friedemann, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Patricia A. Buckley, Keith B. Kyle, Providence, for Defendant.

Before WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, BOURCIER and FLANDERS, JJ.


OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

This product-liability case concerns the sufficiency of evidence offered by an injured plaintiff to show that a welding machine was negligently designed or otherwise defective when it was sold to the plaintiff's employer.

The defendant-manufacturer, Lincoln Electric Company (Lincoln), appeals from the granting of a new-trial motion filed by plaintiff-employee, William Simmons (Simmons), following a jury verdict...

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