ELLIS v. WEASLER ENGINEERING INC

No. 99-30965.

258 F.3d 326 (2001)

Elton Fitzgerald ELLIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WEASLER ENGINEERING INC; et al, Defendants Nut Hustler Inc, Defendant-Appellant

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Starling (argued), Pineville, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Harry Alston Johnson, III (argued), Phelps Dunbar, Baton Rouge, LA, David A. Hughes, Hughes & LeFleur, Alexandria, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges, and HARMON, District Judge.


DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity jurisdiction civil action based on Louisiana products liability law, the manufacturer, Nut Hustler, Inc., challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury's verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Elton Fitzgerald Ellis, on the single issue of whether Mr. Ellis's injury, the traumatic amputation of his arm, arose from a reasonably anticipated use of the product, a mechanized...

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