Legal Opinion
William and Rita ESPEAIGNNETTE, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. GENE TIERNEY COMPANY, INC., Defendant, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 28, 1994No. 94-1258PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants William and Rita Es-peaignnette brought this action seeking damages for the loss of William Espeaignnette’s lower right arm in an accident involving a lumber-mill saw designed and manufactured by defendant-appellee Gene Tierney, Inc. (“the Company”). Fgllowing a four-day trial, a jury returned a special verdict in favor of the Company, specifically finding that the saw was not defectively designed. The district court entered judgment for the Company and subsequently denied the Espeaign-nettes’ post-trial motions. The Espeaign-nettes now appeal,…
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