Legal Opinion
Drabik v. Stanley-Bostitch, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided August 18, 1992No. 90-0322-CV-W-6PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SACHS, Chief Judge.
For reasons stated, the court will deny the post-trial motion of defendant Bostitch, a division of Textron, Inc.
Plaintiff brings this product liability case because of injury suffered when a pneumatic nailer (often called a nail-gun) fired a nail into his head, causing brain damage, while plaintiff was a member of a two-man carpentry crew. Plaintiffs companion on the job, using the nailer in a manner common in the trade, was holding the equipment with the trigger depressed so the nailer would automatically fire on contact. An efficient and quick method…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Leonard DRABIK, Appellee, v. STANLEY-BOSTITCH, INC., Defendant, Bostitch, a Division of Textron, Inc., AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
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