Hardy Dotson, III and Dorothy M. Dotson v. Clark Equipment Company

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

In this Louisiana products liability case, the plaintiff Hardy Dotson obtained a jury verdict against Clark Equipment Co. Following trial, the district court granted Clark a judgment n.o.v., which a panel of this Court then reversed on appeal. See Dotson v. Clark Equipment Co., 783 F.2d 586 (5th Cir.1986). On remand, the district court denied Clark’s motion for a new trial and Clark now appeals. Finding Clark’s contentions unpersuasive, we affirm.

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The facts as reported in our earlier decision are as follows:

Working for a Louisiana roofing manufacturing company, Dotson…