Legal Opinion
Hatch v. Trail King Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 2, 2012No. 12-1473PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
This case involves the doctrine of claim preclusion.
Dean Hatch was severely injured in a workplace accident and sued Trail King, the custom manufacturer of the trailer involved in the accident, in October 2007. The sad details of the accident and resulting injuries are set forth in our opinion in Hatch v. Trail King Industries, Inc., 656 F.3d 59 (1st Cir.2011).
There, we affirmed a jury’s finding, in September of 2010, that defendant had not been negligent nor in breach of any warranty, against claims of instructional error and error in the ruling on a motion in limine. Id.…
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