Legal Opinion
Richard GAUTHIER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMF, INC., Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 29, 1986No. 85-3750PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THELTON E. HENDERSON, District Judge:
This is an appeal from a jury verdict for plaintiff Richard Gauthier against defendant AMF, Inc. in a products liability case tried in January 1985. Montana substantive law governs this diversity case. AMF appeals the trial court’s admission of certain evidence, as well as its refusal to give a proposed jury instruction. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
I. BACKGROUND
On November 19, 1977, Gauthier injured his hand when he placed it inside the discharge chute of a running snow thrower, in an attempt to unclog snow that got caught in the machine during a…
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