Legal Opinion
David Covell v. Bell Sports Inc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 12, 2011No. 10-3860PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
David W. Covell and Margaret Covell, who are plenary guardians of their adult son David F. Covell, appeal from a jury’s verdict for the defendant in their products liability suit against Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. They urge us to order a new trial on the ground that the District Court erred by admitting evidence and charging the jury pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of the Restatement (Third) of Torts (1998), rather than section 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts (1965). Having held in Berner v. Simplicity Manufacturing, Inc., 563 F.3d 38 (3d…
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