Legal Opinion
Menz v. New Holland North America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 14, 2007No. 07-1015PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
Steven Menz (Menz) and Jennifer Menz (Mrs. Menz) appeal the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants New Holland North America, Inc. (New Holland), Ford Motor Company (Ford), and Westendorf Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Westendorf). We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Factual Background
This products liability case arises from a tractor roll-over accident that occurred on October 3, 2002. On that day, Menz was moving dirt using his 1976 Ford model 6600 tractor (tractor), which was equipped with a front-end loader (loader) manufactured by Westendorf. Menz…
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