Leonard DRABIK, Appellee, v. STANLEY-BOSTITCH, INC., Defendant, Bostitch, a Division of Textron, Inc., Appellant

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a products liability ease and our jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. In May 1987, Leonard Drabik sustained head and brain injuries from a nail discharged by a pneumatic nailing tool while constructing a storage shed with another individual named Charles Daniels. Drabik sued the manufacturer under § 402A of the Restatement (Second) of the Law of Torts, contending that the nailer was negligently designed and was a defective product. A jury awarded Drabik $1.5 million in actual damages and $7.5 million in punitive damages. This appeal…