Ames v. Dipietro-Kay Corp.

RUDMAN, Justice.

Dipietro-Kay Corporation (“Dipietro-Kay”) and Volvo Penta of America (“Volvo”) appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Knox County, Kravchuk, J.) following a jury verdict finding them both liable, under theories of negligence and product liability, for the injuries sustained by Mark Ames (“Ames”). On appeal, Volvo and Dipietro-Kay contend that the Superior Court erred in denying their motions for a new trial and judgment notwithstanding the verdict in that: (1) Ames’s own actions constituted a superseding cause of his injuries as a matter of law and (2) the…