MORROCCO v. NORTHWEST ENGINEERING COMPANY

No. 14938.

310 F.2d 809 (1962)

Nello MORROCCO and Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co., of Wisconsin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NORTHWEST ENGINEERING COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 10, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin L. Levine, Detroit, Mich., Levine & Zweig, Gary A. Taback, Detroit, Mich., on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

A. D. Ruegsegger, Detroit, Mich., Dyer, Meek, Ruegsegger & Bullard, Detroit, Mich., on brief, for defendant-appellee.

Before CECIL, Chief Judge, WEICK, Circuit Judge, and BOYD, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from a judgment entered in the District Court on a jury verdict for defendant in a personal injury action against the manufacturer of a pullshovel.

Plaintiff, Morrocco, was a construction worker employed by a sewer contractor. He was engaged in laying sections of concrete sewer pipe into an excavation which was made by the pullshovel. The pullshovel, which was commonly known as a "Northwest Back Hoe" had been purchased new by the...

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