Legal Opinion
Charlette A. Karns, Individually, and as Mother and Next Friend of Donald Wayne Pearce v. Emerson Electric Co., a Missouri Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1987No. 85-1576PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a products liability case, in which jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship. Defendant, Emerson Electric Company, is appealing a $2,000,000 judgment entered in favor of plaintiff Charlette A. Kams, individually and as mother and next friend of Donald Wayne Pearce. On appeal, defendant argues that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law on (1) causation, (2) the defectiveness and dangerousness of the product, and (3) fault sufficient to permit punitive damages. Defendant also alleges that certain rulings by the district court were erroneous and…
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