JONES v. WALTER KIDDE PORTABLE EQUIPMENT, INC.

No. 98-2056.

183 F.3d 67 (1999)

Debra A. JONES, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. WALTER KIDDE PORTABLE EQUIPMENT, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Rotman with whom H. Bissell Carey, III, Clive D. Martin and Robinson & Cole were on brief, for appellant.

Peter L. Puciloski with whom Susan A. Hartnett, Richard A. Sawin, Jr. and Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen were on brief, for appellee.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.


ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.*

Plaintiff Debra A. Jones fell in February of 1989 and injured her right elbow. Because of persistent pain and restricted movement she was operated on by Dr. Robert Leffert at the Massachusetts General Hospital in October of 1990. Surgery required a tourniquet around the upper arm and there was used a Kidde Model 400 manufactured by defendant Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc. The 400 worked properly and...

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