Hiner v. Deere and Company

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from a product-liability suit governed by Kansas law. Plaintiff Arvine Hiner suffered injuries in a farming accident involving a tractor and front-end loader manufactured by Defendant Deere and Company. Plaintiffs complaint alleges that the tractor and loader were defective in design and that Deere failed to issue adequate warnings concerning risks posed by the equipment. The district court granted Deere’s motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff appeals. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

I. Background

We…