Legal Opinion

Briney v. Deere & Co.

District Court, S.D. Iowa

Decided July 7, 1993No. 4-91-CV-10512PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER GRANTING, IN PART, AND DENYING, IN PART, PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO COMPEL

BENNETT, United States Magistrate Judge.

This is a products liability lawsuit in which Rodger Briney alleges he was seriously injured when he “by-pass started” a 1970 John Deere 4020 diesel tractor, with a power shift transmission, by making an electrical contact with a screwdriver between two solenoid electrical terminals. Briney alleges that the tractor suddenly jumped forward and ran over him causing severe personal injuries. This eleventh hour discovery dispute raises the troublesome and nettlesome question of…

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Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
Sarah Helen Williams Dollar v. Long Mfg., N. C., Inc., and Third-Party v. Nichols Tractor Company, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
Howard Jay Josephs v. Harris Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
James A. McKinnon v. Skil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981

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