Legal Opinion
Farra v. Stanley-Bostitch, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 9, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-995PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ROBRENO, District Judge.
In this product liability case, the jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant. Plaintiffs have filed a motion for judgment as a matter of law or, in the alternative, a new trial. For the following reasons, plaintiffs’ motion will be denied.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Gerard Farra (“Farra”) is the owner and operator of a roofing business. While installing a roof on a residence, Farra 1 was shot in the elbow with a roofing nail driven by a pneumatic nail gun, model number N55C-1 (the “nail gun”), which Farra had accidentally discharged. The nail gun was…
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