Legal Opinion
Wetzel v. Eaton Corp.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided October 12, 1973No. 4-72-Civil 95PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LARSON, District Judge.
Defendant FWG Corporation moves for summary judgment under Rule 56 of *24the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in this personal injury diversity suit.
Plaintiff James Wetzel, a farm workman, was injured October 18, 1966, when a tractor on which he was riding overturned while pulling a hay wagon. Wetzel is a citizen of North Dakota, the State in which the accident occurred. Defendant Eaton Corporation is an Ohio corporation, successor of Char-Lynn Company, which manufactured, in whole or in part, and sold the tractor that Wetzel was riding.1 Defendant Precision…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Galloway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Garcia v. Joseph Vince Co.California Court of Appeal · 1978
- Gray v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1978
- Ralph M. Johnson v. Niagara MacHine & Tool Works, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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