Joseph Rodrigues v. Ripley Industries, Inc., Joseph Rodrigues v. Ripley Industries, Inc.

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal by plaintiff Rodrigues and defendant Ripley from a judgment in the amount of $15,-000 pursuant to a jury verdict. Rodri-gues was injured when a plastic injection heel molding machine designed and manufactured by Ripley and owned by its subsidiary, Security Heel Company, Rodrigues’ employer, closed on his hand causing permanent and total disability. Rodrigues seeks a new trial, alleging errors by the trial court and challenging the adequacy of the jury’s verdict, while Ripley attacks the sufficiency of the evidence to support a finding of…