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prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 12,766 Paula Fane and Kjell Fane v. Zimmer, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 8, 1991No. 528, Docket 90-7417PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Foley, J., granting a directed verdict in favor of the defendant-appellee, Zimmer, Inc. (Zimmer), thereby dismissing plaintiffs-appellants Paula and Kjell Fane’s products liability and negligence action. The judge directed a verdict for Zimmer after both sides had presented their cases but before the action was submitted to the jury.
Paula and Kjell Fane appeal from the directed verdict asserting that the district court improperly usurped the jury’s traditional…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Voss v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Meiselman v. Crown Heights Hospital, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Wolfgruber v. Upjohn Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
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