Legal Opinion
Spinosa v. International Harvester Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 24, 1980No. 79-1050PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KUNZIG, Judge.
This is a diversity case seeking damages for wrongful death and personal injury arising from a single-vehicle traffic accident that occurred almost seven years ago in New Hampshire. The issues presented primarily involve rulings on evidentiary matters and the lower court’s refusal to rule on certain products liability issues as matters of law. These are delineated specifically below. We can find no error by the district court and affirm its judgment in favor of plaintiffs.
Background
The accident out of which this litigation arose occurred on June 20, 1973, on the Isaac Frye…
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