Legal Opinion
Chute v. Sears Roebuck & Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 2, 1998No. 97-1988PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
James A. Chute was seriously injured when an unknown object, possibly a piece of wood, struck him below his left eye. The object was thrown by a “Sears Craftsman” radial arm saw operated by his employees. Chute sued the saw’s seller, Sears, Roebuck & Co., on theories of negligence and breach of warranty in Massachusetts Superior Court. Sears removed the case to the district court on grounds of diversity, and Chute amended his complaint to add the saw’s designer, manufacturer and distributor, Emerson Electric Co, as a defendant.
On June 23, 1997, after six days of trial,…
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