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131026P.pdf 08/29/2014 Michael Reed v. Malone's Mechanical, Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 13-1026
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Ft. Smith
[PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Wollman and Loken, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Personal injury. Challenges to jury instructions rejected;
district court did not abuse its discretion by commenting on one
instruction; no error in admitting evidence regarding other contractors
doing similar work on the premises and the safety measures they took while
performing overhead work; reasonable minds could disagree as to whether
the project consulting manager had a duty to plaintiff or defendant prior
to or on the day of the accident, and the district court did not err in
denying plaintiff's motion for judgment as a matter of law that the
project manager owed no duty.