Legal Opinion
Chat Phav v. Trueblood, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 28, 1990No. 90-1177PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Chat Phav lost the ends of two fingers in an accident at his place of work while operating a machine manufactured by defendant Trueblood, Inc. Phav, a Massachusetts resident, sued Trueblood, an Ohio corporation, in federal district court on the basis of diversity, claiming negligence and breach of implied warranty of merchantability under Massachusetts law. 1
At trial, the judge submitted the case to the jury on special questions. Five categories of questions were submitted to the jury: 1. Negligence (Design and Manufacture); 2. Negligence (Warning and…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Back v. Wickes Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Burger King Corp. v. MasonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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