BOLICK v. AMERICAN BARMAG CORP.

No. 175A81.

293 S.E.2d 415 (1982)

Charles Henry BOLICK v. AMERICAN BARMAG CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tate, Young, Morphis, Bogle & Bach by Thomas C. Morphis, and Edwin G. Farthing, Hickory, for plaintiff-appellee.

Grier, Parker, Poe, Thompson, Bernstein, Gage & Preston by William E. Poe and Irvin W. Hankins, III, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

Bailey, Dixon, Wooten, McDonald & Fountain by J. Ruffin Bailey and Gary S. Parsons, Raleigh, for American Ins. Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Jones, Hewson & Woolard by Hunter M. Jones and Harry C. Hewson, Charlotte, amicus curiae.

Harris & Bumgardner by Seth H. Langson, Gastonia, for North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter by Gerard H. Davidson, Jr. and Alan William Duncan, and Perry C. Henson, Greensboro, for North Carolina Ass'n of Defense Attys., amicus curiae.

Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman by Charles V. Tompkins, Jr. and Wayne Huckel, Charlotte, for The Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Ass'n of the U. S., Inc., amicus curiae; William H. Crabtree, General Counsel, Edward P. Good, Senior Atty., Detroit, Mich., John M. Thomas, Dearborn, Mich., Susan E. Satkowski, Detroit, Mich., of counsel.

Mark J. Nuzzaco, McLean, Va., for National Mach. Tool Builders' Ass'n, amicus curiae.


EXUM, Justice.

Plaintiff filed complaint on 10 October 1979 seeking damages for injuries sustained when his hand was caught in the gears of a yarn crimping machine owned by his employer, Mill Yarns, Inc. of Hickory. This Barmag False-Twist Crimping machine was purchased from defendant on 6 April 1971, and plaintiff was injured on 3 June 1977. Plaintiff alleged that defendant had negligently designed, manufactured and installed the machine and had breached warranties...

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