Stanley WAGNER, Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO., an Ohio Corporation, Appellee

OPINION

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This is a products liability case. 1 The plaintiff, Stanley Wagner, received serious injuries to his head and left leg when a Five Degree Commander Wheel Assembly manufactured by defendant Firestone Tire and Rubber Company exploded while he was changing a truck tire. The case was tried to a jury, which made a number of relevant findings. The jury rejected Wagner’s contention that the wheel assembly was defective in design. Additionally, although it found that Firestone had failed adequately to warn Wagner of the potential hazard of explosion and that Firestone was…