CANSLER v. GROVE MANUFACTURING CO.

KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Grove Manufacturing Company (Grove) appealed from the district court’s order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative, a new trial following a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee David Cansler (Cansler) in this products liability action commenced under Tennessee law.

The record disclosed the following facts. In 1983, Cansler’s employer, Greenville Erection and Excavating Company (Green-ville), was awarded a contract to sandblast a steel structure in Sullivan County, Tennessee. To complete the work…