Legal Opinion
Eugene A. Cotton v. Buckeye Gas Products Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 4, 1988No. 87-7072PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Eugene A. Cotton seeks damages for injuries that he suffered when propane gas supplied by defendant Buckeye Gas Products Company burst into flames. He contends that Buckeye failed to warn him of the dangers of its product. The jury delivered a verdict for Cotton. The district court granted judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the ground that Cotton’s injuries were not proximately caused by defendant’s conduct. Having reviewed all the evidence in the light most favorable to Cotton, we uphold the district…
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