WILLIAMS v. MANITOWOC CRANES, L.L.C.

No. 17-60458.

898 F.3d 607 (2018)

Wanda WILLIAMS, individually and as Conservator for John Robert Williams, Jr., incapacitated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MANITOWOC CRANES, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 3, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Desmond V. Tobias, Esq. , Bryan E. Comer , Jason S. McCormick, Esq. , Tobias, McCormick & Corner, L.L.C., Mobile, AL, Ben F. Galloway, Esq. , Owen, Galloway & Myers, P.L.L.C., Gulfport, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Keith Wade McDaniel , McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, McDaniel & Welch, L.L.C., Covington, LA, Elizabeth Bradley McDermott , McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, McDaniel & Welch, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JOLLY, SOUTHWICK, and WILLETT, Circuit Judges.


A crane accident in Mississippi left John Williams Jr. physically and mentally incapacitated. Wanda Williams, his wife, sued the crane manufacturer, Manitowoc Cranes, under Mississippi's products liability statute. Following a lengthy trial, a jury found that Manitowoc failed to warn Model 16000 Series crane operators...

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