Zahren v. Maytag Co.

BROCK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs’ first assignment of error is based upon 16 exceptions to the testimony of Gerald Weaver, supervisor of quality control engineering for defendant Maytag, and requires little discussion. Weaver was permitted to testify, over objections, as to whom manufactured the allegedly defective thermostats for Maytag, as to testing and inspection procedures employed by Maytag in 1972, as to operating temperatures of the thermostats as indicated by numbers printed thereon, and as to whether the thermostats and the Maytag dryer were UL approved. Plaintiffs’ contention,…