Legal Opinion
Linden v. CNH AMERICA, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 14, 2012No. 11-1984PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Thomas Lowell Linden, Jr., filed a products liability action against Defendant CNH America, LLC (CNH), based on injuries Linden sustained while operating a CNH-manufactured bulldozer, and a jury returned a verdict in favor of CNH. Linden now appeals, arguing the district court 1 committed reversible error by granting a directed verdict to CNH on his manufacturing defect claim, in its choice of jury instructions, and by failing to strike a prospective juror for cause. We affirm.
I. Background
The facts of the case are straightforward. Linden was operating a…
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