Legal Opinion
Joan B. Gill and Neil H. Gill v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and Third-Party v. Danny Eugene Helms, Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 16, 1983No. 83-8151PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
The plaintiffs in this diversity action, Neil and Joan Gill, appeal from a jury verdict in favor of appellee Westinghouse Electric Corporation returned in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on November 9, 1982. The plaintiffs allege that Neil Gill suffered severe physical injuries in a motorcycle accident on June 15, 1980 as a result of a defective tail light bulb which had been manufactured by Westinghouse and installed in a truck that plaintiff Gill was following along the highway. Appellants contend that the district court erroneously instructed the jury…
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