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AMER. MUT. LIABILITY INS. CO. v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. 85-4573.

799 F.2d 993 (1986)

AMERICAN MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, Milton Davis, Intervenor-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Hamlin, Walker, Boredelon, Hamlin & Theriot, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Voorhies & Labbe, Gregory K. Moroux, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Frank W. Dawkins, Lafayette, La., for intervenor-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before WISDOM, DAVIS and JONES, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Firestone appeals a judgment entered against it on a jury verdict predicated on Firestone's failure to adequately warn of the dangers associated with overinflation of an agricultural tire. We reverse.

Milton Davis was injured when he overinflated an agricultural tire manufactured by appellant, Firestone Tire & Rubber Company (Firestone), causing it to explode. At the time of the accident, Davis was fifty...

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