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HOOD v. RYOBI AMERICA CORP.

No. 98-2442.

181 F.3d 608 (1999)

Wilson M. HOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RYOBI AMERICA CORPORATION; Ryobi North America, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees, and Lowe's Home Centers, Incorporated; Ryobi Electric Tool Manufacturing, Incorporated; Ryobi Motor Products Corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charles Francis Fuller, McChesney & Dale, P.C., Bowie, Maryland, for Appellant. Philip Carlton Jacobson, Anderson, Coe & King, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and KING, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge KING joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

Wilson M. Hood lost part of his thumb and lacerated his leg when he removed the blade guards from his new Ryobi miter saw and then used the unguarded saw for home carpentry. Hood sued Ryobi, alleging that the company failed adequately to warn of the saw's dangers and that the saw was defective. Applying...

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