BEDNAR v. BASSETT FURNITURE MFG. CO., INC.

No. 97-4098.

147 F.3d 737 (1998)

Richard BEDNAR, Jr.; Laura Bednar, Individually and as Next Friends of Marian Kristen Bednar, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BASSETT FURNITURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied August 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Matthews, Pine Bluff, AR, argued (R. Scott Morgan, Pine Bluff, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

D. Keith Fortner, Little Rock, AR, argued (G. Spence Fricke, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BOWMAN, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied August 10, 1998.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Richard and Laura Bednar brought this action against Bassett Furniture Manufacturing, Inc., (Bassett) based on diversity of citizenship, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, alleging that a dresser it had manufactured emitted dangerous levels of formaldehyde which injured their baby, Marian Kristen. They appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Bassett. We reverse and remand...

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