Bonds v. Snapper Power Equipment Co.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Herman K. and Ila Bonds appeal the judgment of the district court1 entered following a jury verdict for Snapper Power Equipment Company in the Bonds’ products liability action. Mr. and Mrs. Bonds seek a new trial, arguing that the district court’s jury instruction on assumption of risk was unwarranted by the evidence and should not have been given. They also argue that the instruction itself was erroneous because it substituted an objective standard of awareness of the risk for the subjective standard required by Arkansas law and because it suggested to the jury that…