Legal Opinion
Linegar v. Armour of America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 26, 1990No. 89-1535PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought as a products liability case and heard under the District Court’s diversity jurisdiction. Armour of America, Inc. (Armour) appeals a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of the widow and children of Jimmy Linegar, a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper who was killed in the line of duty. The jury found that the bullet-resistant vest manufactured by Armour and worn by Linegar at the time of the murder was defectively designed, and it awarded his family $1.5 million in damages. We reverse.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Keener v. Dayton Electric Manufacturing CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
- Blevins v. Cushman MotorsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
- Nesselrode v. Executive Beechcraft, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1986
- Racer v. UttermanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- Patricia Kay McGowne (Kozik), Jimmy Dewayne McGowne Ronald Kevin McGowne v. Challenge-Cook Bros., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Talbott v. C.R. Bard, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1994
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