Columbian Rope Co. v. Todd

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendant-Appellant Columbian Rope Company (Columbian) appeals a judgment in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Vernon C. Todd (Todd). We affirm.

ISSUES

Columbian raises the following restated issues:

1. whether the trial court erred in allowing Todd's expert to testify regarding the adequacy of Columbian's product warnings;

2. whether the trial court erred in admitting rope samples into evidence; and

3. whether the trial court erred in denying Columbian's Ind.Trial Rule 50(A) motion at the close of Todd's case-in-chief.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In May, 1985, Todd, an…