Legal Opinion
Etzler v. Dille and McGuire Manufacturing Company
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided December 23, 1965No. Civ. A. 64-C-76-RPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This is an action in warranty in which plaintiff, a citizen of Virginia, seeks recovery against defendant, a “citizen” of Indiana, for injuries sustained while plaintiff was operating a “Turfmaster” riding rotary lawn mower which had been manufactured by the defendant.
The complaint alleges that while plaintiff was cutting his lawn on August 23, 1962, the date of purchase of the machine, it, “without warning or reason, tilted from the ground and fell back over onto the plaintiff mutilating his left foot so severely that it became necessary to amputate the left leg below the…
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