Cirilo v. COOK PAINT AND VARNISH COMPANY

PEDEN, Justice.

Personal injury suit brought against manufacturer and retailer of a new aluminum ladder which was found to be bent after David Cirilo fell while using it. This appeal is based on the trial court’s rulings on admissibility of evidence and on questioning and argument by appellees’ counsel.

Plaintiffs’ theory is that the ladder buckled while Cirilo was on it, and defendants contend that its upper end slipped off the light fixture against which it was propped and that it buckled under Cirilo’s weight when it struck a small bus parked nearby.

Trial was to a jury. It answered “We do…