Allen D. Johnson v. John Deere Company, a Division of Deere & Company, a Corporation, and Third Party v. William Ivan Johnson, Third Party

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

In this personal injury diversity action, Allen Johnson appeals from the district court’s 1 judgment denying recovery to Johnson on his products liability claim against the John Deere Company. We affirm.

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The product at issue in this ease is the John Deere model 200 stack wagon, which picks up mown hay and compresses it into stacks. To unload the stacks, the driver of the tractor pulling the wagon remains in the tractor cab and uses hydraulic units and a power take off to control the unlatching of the wagon’s rear door. Johnson, however, had modified the unlatching…