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SCOTT v. DUTTON-LAINSON CO.

No. 08-0365.

774 N.W.2d 501 (2009)

Stephen Martin SCOTT, Appellant, v. DUTTON-LAINSON COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Jones, Patterson Law Firm, L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellant.

J. Campbell Helton, Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

STREIT, Justice.

Stephen Scott was injured while using a boat trailer jack. He filed suit against Dutton-Lainson Company, the jack manufacturer, alleging the jack was defectively designed and did not include proper warnings. Scott proffered evidence that Dutton-Lainson modified the jack design after his injury, which the district court excluded under Iowa Rule of Evidence 5.407. After a defense verdict, Scott appealed. We hold the district court properly excluded...

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