Watson v. United States Rubber Co.

Bussey, Justice.

In this products liability case in which, quite appropriately, the entire record is not before us, the appeal is from an order of the trial judge granting a new trial op. motion of plaintiff after jury verdict for the defendant. The trial of the case commenced on the 6th day of January 1972, and consumed approximately two days. At about 2:30 P.M. on January 7, while the jury was deliberating, the trial judge notified counsel involved that, due to circumstances over which he had no control, it was necessary for him to leave immediately and return to his hopie. The clerk was…