Legal Opinion
Raymond Johnson v. H.K. Webster, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 9, 1985No. 85-1096PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity tort case, defendant H. K. Webster, Inc. (Webster) appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff Raymond Johnson (Johnson). The jury also found, in response to a special interrogatory, that the cause of the accident in which Johnson’s foot was crushed in a grain conveyor designed by Webster was 51% Webster’s negligent design of the machinery and 49% Johnson’s negligent conduct in working near the device’s exposed hazardous parts. • The jury awarded Johnson $400,000 in damages under the applicable Maine comparative negligence…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Michael Meyers, Individually and as Representative of a Class v. Pennypack Woods Home Ownership Association and Marion A. SteinbronnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- John H. Smith v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- John J. Demarines and Doris A. Demarines, Husband and Wife v. Klm Royal Dutch AirlinesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Mrs. Bessie Reppond Murphy, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Earl Mohon v. Magnolia Electric Power AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by75 opinions
- Outley v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Charles M. Thibeault v. Square D CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Macaulay v. AnasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
- Fortino v. Quasar Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Klonoski v. MahlabCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
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