Arnold v. Ingersoll-Rand Co.

BENTON, Judge.

Defendant Ingersoll-Rand Company appealed the decision of the Circuit Court of St. Louis City in a product liability case to the Court of Appeals, Eastern District, which affirmed the trial court. This Court granted transfer on the specific questions whether plaintiffs’ “failure to warn” claim was submissible and whether the circuit court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on Darryl Arnold’s contributory fault. This Court now reverses on these two issues and remands for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.

Defendant manufactures a five-horsepower air…