Roger N. Phelps v. Sherwood Medical Industries and Argyle Associates

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This diversity strict products liability tort action for $2,000,000 presents various claims of error by the plaintiff involving the district court’s giving and refusal to give several jury instructions tendered by the parties. Viewing the instructions provided by the court as a whole, United States v. Grier, 823 F.2d 177, 178 (7th Cir.1987), we hold that the charges to the jury concerning both the defendants’ duty to warn as well as their defenses to negligence and strict liability accurately led the jury to a proper understanding of the relevant Indiana law. Because…