Legal Opinion
Ricker v. Zinser Textilmaschinen GmbH
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided January 3, 1979No. CIV-2-77-169PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
NEESE, District Judge.
The plaintiffs claim the defendant is liable strictly to them without a showing of specific fault and for negligent omissions. The defendant moved for a directed verdict at the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ evidence.
There is evidence from which the jury might find that the machine on which Ms. Ricker was working when she was injured was sold by the defendant; that it was defective and unreasonably dangerous to a user when it left the defendant’s premises; and that it was in the same condition when Ms. Ricker was injured at the immediately foregoing…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
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- Wyatt v. Winnebago Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
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