Lloyd Schwartz v. The American Honda Motor Company, Inc. And Honda Motor Company, Limited

ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

Lloyd Schwartz, plaintiff below in a products liability diversity action, appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion for a new trial. For the reasons below, we affirm.

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Lloyd Schwartz purchased a new Honda Express in 1977. The Honda Express is a small motorized two-wheeled vehicle with a top speed of approximately twenty-eight miles per hour. On December 4, 1977, he was riding the Honda Express on the causeway between Miami and Miami Beach when he lost control. He has no recollection of the accident except a feeling of “going through space.” The next thing…