Legal Opinion

Clark v. R.E.L. Products, Inc.

District Court, D. Kansas

Decided August 14, 1991No. 90-4121-RPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ROGERS, District Judge.

On July 25, 1991, the court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant at the close of all of the evidence. The purpose of this memorandum and order is to memorialize that ruling and elaborate upon the reasons for the court’s decision.

Plaintiff claims that he suffered severe injuries when he fell from a wooden ladder designed, manufactured and sold by the defendant R.E.L. Products, Inc. Plaintiff contends that one of the ladder’s rails split and caused the ladder to collapse. In the pretrial order, plaintiff contended that the ladder had the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. K-B Trucking Company and Keith Collins, Cross-Appellants v. Riss International Corporation and World Leasing, Inc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
  2. Russell Eugene Hurd v. American Hoist and Derrick Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
  3. Mays v. Ciba-Geigy Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1983
  4. Lane v. Redman Mobile Homes, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kansas · 1981

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Voelkel v. General Motors Corp.District Court, D. Kansas · 1994
  2. prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 13,257 James T. Clark v. R.E.L. Products, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992

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