ARMENTROUT v. FMC CORP.

No. 91SC312.

842 P.2d 175 (1992)

Lynn ARMENTROUT and Tina Armentrout, Petitioners, v. FMC CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn L. Sampson, Stewart B. Grant, Sampson & Associates, P.C., Golden, for petitioners.

Laura D. Stith, Walter L. Cofer, W. Edward Reeves, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., and Alfred T. McDonnell, Arnold & Porter, Denver, for amicus curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Hugh Q. Gottschalk, Kristen L. Mix, Terence M. Ridley, Elizabeth Savage, Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff & Ragonetti, P.C., Denver, for respondent.

James L. Gilbert, Stuart A. Ollanik, James L. Gilbert & Associates, P.C., Arvada, and Susanna Meissner-Cutler, Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Trial Lawyers Ass'n.


Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This case arises from an accident in which Lynn Armentrout was crushed between a stationary truck base and the rotating superstructure of a crane manufactured by FMC Corporation (FMC). Armentrout incurred severe injuries as a result of the accident and, with his wife, Tina Armentrout, filed an action against FMC seeking damages on theories of strict liability for failure to warn, strict liability for defective...

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