NELSON v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 98-1273.

150 F.3d 905 (1998)

Wesley Joseph NELSON, Jr.; Mildred Anne Nelson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah D. Conklin, Gladstone, MO, argued (Thomas E. Hankins, on the brief), for appellant.

Robert T. Adams, Kansas City, MO, argued (John F. Murphy, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and DOTY, District Judge.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Wesley and Mildred Nelson appeal from the judgment in favor of Ford Motor Company and the denial of their motion for a new trial in this products liability case. After Wesley was injured while using the scissor jack provided with his 1991 Lincoln Town Car, the Nelsons sued Ford for a defective product and the failure to warn. They argue that the district court2 erred in dismissing their failure to warn claim, in...

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