Legal Opinion
Stephen Brent WHEELER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN DEERE COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1988No. 86-1446PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee, Stephen Wheeler (Wheeler), lost his right arm when it became entangled in the vertical unloading auger of a John Deere Titan series model 7720 combine. He brought this diversity-case under a strict products liability theory alleging the combine was unreasonably dangerous. Applying Kansas law to the evidence, a jury awarded Wheeler $2.3 million. Defendant-appellant, John Deere Company (Deere), appeals from the judgment on the verdict. Deere asserts the district court improperly (1) admitted evidence of other accidents involving the Titan series…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Hardin v. Manitowoc-Forsythe Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
- K-B Trucking Company and Keith Collins, Cross-Appellants v. Riss International Corporation and World Leasing, Inc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Kennedy v. City of SawyerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1980
- Hale v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Charlette A. Karns, Individually, and as Mother and Next Friend of Donald Wayne Pearce v. Emerson Electric Co., a Missouri CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by100 opinions
- Diana L. Mason, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Otis W. Mason, Deceased v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Joy v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993
- Wheeler v. John Deere Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Kerry Neil EnjadyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Bitler v. A.O. Smith Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
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