Kandis Renae Miller v. Utica Mill Specialty MacHinery Company, Incorporated, Mohawk Valley Knitting MacHinery Company

This case is currently before the Court upon Kandis Renae Miller’s appeal from the district court’s judgment for the defendants entered pursuant to a jury verdict in this diversity action for strict products liability. On appeal, Miller contends that the district court erred in its instructions to the jury. Upon consideration of the charge as a whole, and of Miller’s requested charge; we conclude that there was no error in the instruction as given.

Miller was injured at work on March 31, 1981, as she operated a strip cutter manufactured by Utica. The strip cutter is a machine used to make…