Long v. Deere & Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Holmes, J.:

This is an appeal in a products liability action by two defendants from a jury verdict awarding damages for personal injuries. The appellants, Deere & Company and John Deere Industrial Equipment Company, are related corporations which were treated as one entity in the trial court. We will do the same and the two appealing defendants will be referred to collectively as Deere or appellants. Deere was found to be 40% at fault for plaintiff s injuries and the total amount of his damages was determined by the jury to be $945,000.00.

The facts are…