Legal Opinion
Mavity v. MTD Products, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided June 1, 2010No. Case 1:09 CV 00027Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JAMES P. JONES, Chief Judge.
In this products liability personal injury case, I will deny the defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment and resolve certain pretrial issues.
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The plaintiff, Rodney F. Mavity, was seriously injured when the Cub Cadet RZT 50 riding lawn mower that he was operating overturned and landed upside-down on top of him. The mower was manufactured by the defendant MTD Products, Inc. (“MTD”) and Mavity seeks an award of damages for his injuries based on alleged negligent design of the mower, a failed duty to warn of the mower’s dangerous conditions, and breach…
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