William Edward Green, Texas Employers' Insurance Assn., Intervenor-Appellant v. The Edmands Company

THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff in this action, William Edward Green, brought suit against The Wanskuck Company and its division, The Edmands Company (hereinafter “Edmands”), pursuant to diversity jurisdiction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Plaintiff sought relief under Texas’ doctrine of strict liability, alleging that a machine designed and manufactured by Edmands was defective, unreasonably dangerous to plaintiff, and that such defective condition had caused plaintiff’s injuries. The jury returned a unanimous verdict on November 16, 1979,…