Heer v. Costco Wholesale Corporation

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

CAROLYN B. McHUGH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from a products liability suit brought by Suzanne Heer against Costco Wholesale Corporation, Rubbermaid, Inc., and Tricam Industries, Inc. (collectively, Defendants). Ms. Heer seeks damages for injuries she sustained while using a Rubbermaid step stool that she purchased at Costco and that Tricam Industries designed and manufactured. On appeal, Ms. Heer challenges two orders of the district court. First, she claims the district court applied the wrong legal standard and abused its discretion by granting Defendants’ motion…