The saw and owner's manual bore at least seven clear, simple warnings not to operate the tool with the blade guards removed. Applying Maryland products liability law, the district court granted summary judgment to Ryobi on all claims.
Hood sued Ryobi, alleging that the company failed adequately to warn of the saw's dangers and that the saw was defective. Hood lost part of his thumb and lacerated his leg when he removed the blade guards from his new Ryobi miter saw and then used the unguarded saw for home carpentry. Chief Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Widener and Judge King joined. 9īefore WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and KING, Circuit Judges. Philip Carlton Jacobson, ANDERSON, COE & KING, L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ARGUED: Charles Francis Fuller, MCCHESNEY & DALE, P.C., Bowie, Maryland, for Appellant.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 7 RYOBI AMERICA CORPORATION RYOBI NORTH AMERICA, INCORPORATED, Defendants-Appellees, 3 and 4 LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INCORPORATED RYOBI ELECTRIC TOOL MANUFACTURING, INCORPORATED RYOBI MOTOR PRODUCTS CORPORATION, Defendants.
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