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· 4/28/1988

Dougherty ex rel. Dougherty v. Bowen

Citations

  • 685 F. Supp. 104
  • 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4956
  • 1988 WL 52520

How courts have described this case

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  • plaintiff alleged that riding mower was defectively designed as a result of, inter alia, absence of deadman's switch which would stop mower when operator left the seat
  • reversible error to instruct jury that liability attaches only if defect “unreasonably dangerous”

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Judges: Caldwell

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