Legal Opinion
Gillespie v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 6, 2004No. 03-2087PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
In 1998, Frank Gillespie was working as a locksmith after many years in various building trades. In September of that year, he asked his employer to let him keep its 10-inch table saw at his house for work and personal use, and his employer agreed. The saw, which he received from coworker Michael Kane, had been designed and manufactured by Emerson Electric Co. and sold by Sears, Roebuck & Co. under the Craftsman brand. Kane did not give Gillespie the saw’s owner’s manual or its blade guard.
A standard table saw of the type used by Gillespie has a flat rectangular metal…
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