Legal Opinion
Rhoads v. Service MacHine Company
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided July 21, 1971No. B-70-C-9PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion
HENLEY, Chief Judge.
This is a products liability case in which the plaintiff, an injured factory worker, recovered a jury verdict of $50,-000 against the defendant, the manufacturer of the machine which plaintiff was operating or about to operate when she received her injury. Federal diversity jurisdiction is established; the governing law is that of Arkansas, the State wherein the accident occurred. The cause is now before the Court on alternative post-trial motions filed by the defendant. Defendant seeks alternatively, entry of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, a new…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Commercial Union InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Coca Cola Bottling Co. Of Black Hills v. HubbardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
- Chapman Chemical Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1949
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Hauter v. ZogartsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- Bexiga v. Havir Manufacturing Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1972
- Henderson v. Harnischfeger Corp.California Supreme Court · 1974
- Balido v. Improved MacHinery, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1972
- Larson MacHine, Inc. v. WallaceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
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