Legal Opinion
Robert Allen Brown and Lola v. Brown v. Caterpillar Tractor Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 28, 1982No. 81-2479PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
I. Introduction
While on weekend duty, United States Army reservist Robert Brown sustained injuries that he alleges were caused by the defective design of a tractor-bulldozer manufactured by Caterpillar Tractor Company (“Caterpillar”) for the Department of the Army. 1 Brown was seated in the passenger seat of the bulldozer as it was clearing some land when a felled tree came over the bulldozer’s blade and struck him. Claiming that he would not have been injured had the bulldozer been equipped with a protective structure around the passenger seat, Brown…
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