Leonard DRABIK, Appellee, v. STANLEY-BOSTITCH, INC., Defendant, Bostitch, a Division of Textron, Inc., Appellant

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• holding that plaintiff's knowledge of danger posed by nail gun did not preclude jury verdict on products liability claim under Missouri law
• holding that plaintiff may be at fault if he had knowledge of general characteristic that made the product dangerous even if he did not have knowledge of the precise defect alleged
• noting that the fact that the product design was the standard in the industry was “relevant to show that [the defendant] was not willfully indifferent”
• noting that many products, such as knives or nail guns, have a certain degree of danger that is outweighed by the product’s utility
• noting that the fact that the product design was the standard in the industry was \relevant to show that [the defendant] was not willfully indifferent\
• noting that many products, such as knives or nail guns, have a certain degree of danger that is outweighed by the product's utility

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