Michael Tillwick v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. Black & Decker, Inc.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Michael Tillwick appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in his product liability claim against Sears, Roebuck & Company and Black & Decker, Inc. Tillwick brought this diversity action based on strict liability after suffering an injury while using a power saw manufactured by Black & Decker and sold by Sears. Tillwick primarily challenges the giving of a contributory negligence instruction. We affirm the judgment of the district court. 1

Tillwick, then a junior high school shop teacher, was injured when he used a nine-inch power miter saw to cut a piece…