Legal Opinion
Kellar v. Inductotherm Corp.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided December 26, 1978No. CIV. 3-78-196PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.
This is a products liability action pursuant to the Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A (1965). Following a trial on the merits, the jury rendered judgment for the plaintiffs, a foundry worker and his wife. The defendant subsequently filed several motions, including a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Briefs have been filed by both sides.
The relevant facts are not in dispute. In 1971, defendant sold a channel furnace to Vestal Manufacturing Company, (“Vestal”), plaintiff’s employer. Vestal then installed the furnace at its foundry.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Bexiga v. Havir Manufacturing Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1972
- Ford Motor Company v. LononTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- Ellithorpe v. Ford Motor CompanyTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
- John Wayne Reeves and Sherry Marie Reeves, Wife v. Power Tools, Inc. And Omark Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Neofes v. Robertshaw Controls Co.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 1976
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Parker v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1995
- Doris Jacobs and Phillip Jacobs (93-4144) Patricia A. Adelmann (93-5978/6561) v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- Dr. David E. Barnes, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. The Kerr Corporation, Defendant-Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
- Davis v. Komatsu America Industries Corp.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2001
- Electric Power Board v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1988
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