Gottfried v. American Can Co.

WIEAND, Judge:

Sonia Gottfried cut her hand while opening a can of sunflower nuts. In an action against American Can Company, 1 the manufacturer of the can, she contended that the can had been defectively manufactured and/or designed. 2 A jury found that Mrs. Gottfried’s injury had not been caused by a defect in the can but because of her own act of misuse in permitting her hand to come into contact with the sharp edges of the partially opened can. On appeal from the judgment entered on the verdict, Mr. & Mrs. Gottfried, the appellants, contend (1) that the verdict was against the weight of…