Legal Opinion
Wheeler v. HO Sports Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 6, 2000No. 99-6039PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff brought a products liability action after her husband drowned in an Oklahoma lake while wearing Defendants’ life-vest. The district court granted summary judgment for Defendants, and this appeal followed. We exercise jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
The product at issue is a vest used in water sports, specifically waterskiing and wakeboarding. The vest was imported, distributed, and sold by Defendants. 1 Plaintiffs husband, Mr. Scott Wheeler, wore the vest while wakeboarding behind a boat driven by a friend. Mr. Wheeler, an advanced wakeboarder, attempted a…
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