Legal Opinion
Paul D. Fairley v. American Hoist & Derrick Company, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1981No. 79-4083PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Per curiam
This is a nettlesome case. It turns on the validity of a jury verdict, now challenged on the ground that it lacks evidentiary support.
The American Hoist & Derrick Company manufactured an American 999-C crawler crane in 1971. It sold the crane to May Machinery that same year. On the same day that May bought the crane it sold it to Gulf Cities Construction Company. Gulf Cities used the crane for several years and then leased it to Baggett Construction on March 3, 1976.
On August 12, 1976, Paul Fairley, an employee of Baggett Construction Company, was working is one of a crew building a gantry at…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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