Gibbs v. O'Malley Lumber Co.

OPINION

NOYES, Judge.

Appellants O’Malley Lumber Co. (O’Malley) and Olympia Tools, Inc. (Olympia) appeal from a 1.35 million dollar jury verdict in favor of Appellees Gibbs in this product liability case. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes Annotated (A.R.S.) sections 12-120.21(A)(1) (1992) and -2101(B) (Supp.1993).

I

The product at issue was a thirty-six inch “bungee” cord, an elastieized cord with metal hooks on each end. A few days before his injury, Michael Gibbs had purchased the cord from O’Malley, who had purchased it from Olympia, who had imported it from Taiwan. The…