Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,928 Roberta Ann McMurray of the Estate of Dennis Ray McMurray Deceased v. Deere and Company, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1988No. 84-2771PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge.
This is a diversity wrongful death-products liability action filed by Roberta Ann McMurray against Deere & Company, Inc. McMurray is the executrix of the estate her husband, Dennis Ray McMurray (decedent), who was run over and killed by his tractor after “bypass starting” it. McMur-ray claims the tractor was defective because it could be bypass started while in gear, and because Deere failed to warn decedent of this fact. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict in Deere’s favor. After the district court denied her motion for a new trial, McMurray filed this…
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