Douglas R. Tenbarge, Lilly Tenbarge v. Ames Taping Tool Systems, Inc.

WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.

Douglas R. Tenbarge appeals from the district court’s order granting judgment as a matter of law in favor of Ames Taping Tool Systems, Inc. (Ames) on Tenbarge’s claim of failure to warn and from the judgment entered on a jury verdict against him on his remaining claims. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

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From 1983 to 1993, Tenbarge worked as a drywall installer. His primary duty was to apply drywall compound and tape along the seams of drywall panels with an Ames Auto Taper, known as a Bazooka. The Bazooka is a tube fifty-six inches in length and two and one-fourth…