NELSON v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO.

No. 82CA0275.

694 P.2d 867 (1984)

Cornelius NELSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR COMPANY, a California corporation, and Towmotor Corporation, an Ohio corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1984.

Certiorari Denied January 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zarlengo, Mott & Zarlengo, Albert E. Zarlengo, Jr., Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

Holland & Hart, Harry L. Hobson, William W. Maywhort, Denver, for defendants-appellees.


METZGER, Judge.

Plaintiff, Cornelius Nelson, appeals from an adverse judgment in this products liability case, contending that the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the defenses of assumption of risk and misuse and in refusing several of his tendered instructions. We affirm.

Nelson was injured at a Denver area chemical plant while operating a forklift manufactured by defendant Towmotor Tractor Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Tractor...

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