Mary Frances Long v. Burdette Manufacturing Company

BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Mary Frances Long (hereafter plaintiff or Miss Long) brought a “products liability” diversity action against Burdette Manufacturing Company (Burdette) seeking damages for personal injuries allegedly resulting from her use, in the manner hereinafter detailed, of an audiovisual table which was a part of the regular equipment in the Oakley Elementary School where she was employed as librarian and Assistant Principal. A portion of the table, including that part which caused her injury, was claimed by Miss Long to have been negligently manufactured by Burdette and…