Legal Opinion
Wilken v. International Harvester Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1983No. 82-1182PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit .Judge.
Appellant International Harvester Company (IH) appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to an adverse jury verdict in a products liability action. The principal issues raised by IH on appeal are: 1) whether appellee, Charles Wilken, constitutes a “user” of the product within the meaning of *732Section 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts; and 2) whether the district court erred in denying IH’s claim for contractual indemnity or full contribution from Clark Transport Company. We conclude that it is unnecessary to reach the first issue and find no error in the district…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lambertson v. Cincinnati Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Hendrickson v. Minnesota Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
- Hendrickson v. Minnesota Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
- Bigham v. J. C. Penney Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- Merlin Bjerk v. Universal Engineering Corporation, a Subsidiary of Pettibone Mulliken Corporation v. Thorson, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Port Auth. of New York v. Honeywell Prot. Serv.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1987
- Charles Wilken and Laverle Wilken v. International Harvester Co., a Delaware Corporation, Traffic Transport Engineering, Inc., a Michigan Corporation v. Clark Transport Company, Inc., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Port Authority v. Honeywell Protective ServicesNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1987