Legal Opinion
Robert PROBUS and Geneva Probus, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. K-MART, INC., and Keller Industries, Inc., Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 30, 1986No. 85-3045PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.
The questions we are required to decide in this appeal from a judgment for the defendants in a products liability suit governed by Indiana law are (1) whether the trial court erred in excluding the plaintiff’s evidence of subsequent remedial measures under Fed.R.Evid. 407 and (2) whether certain comments made by defendants’ counsel in closing arguments warrant the grant of a new trial. For the reasons stated below, we will affirm.
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On June 4, 1982, the plaintiff, Robert Probus, injured his back when he fell from a ladder manufactured by defendant Keller…
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- Forrest A. Flaminio and Gloria Flaminio v. Honda Motor Company, Ltd., a Japanese CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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- Jerry L. ROSS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BLACK & DECKER, INCORPORATED, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Arthur W. Fuesting v. Zimmer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
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