Siruta v. Hesston Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is a products liability case in which the plaintiff, Don Siruta, lost his left arm in a Hesston hay baler. Plaintiff s theory of recovery was strict liability in tort. The primary issue in the case was whether the baler, manufactured by defendant Hesston Corporation, was dangerously defective. The jury applied principles of comparative fault and found that Siruta was 34% at fault and that defendant Hesston was 66% at *655fault. The jury found the plaintiff s damages to be in the total amount of $800,000. The district court entered judgment…