Legal Opinion
John Frederick DORMAN, Appellant, v. EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 7, 1994No. 93-2222PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
John Frederick Dorman, a Canadian citizen, brought this diversity action against Emerson Electric Company (Emerson), a Missouri corporation, to recover for personal injuries he sustained while operating a saw designed by Emerson. Dorman’s cause of action proceeded upon theories of strict products liability, breach of warranty, negligence, and res ipsa loquitur. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f), Emerson moved to strike the claims based on strict liability, breach of warranty, and res ipsa loquitur. The District Court, applying Missouri choice-of-law…
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