FARR v. WHEELER MFG. CORP.

Docket No. 5,309.

24 Mich. App. 379 (1970)

180 N.W.2d 311

FARR v. WHEELER MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Application for leave to appeal filed July 10, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Tatham (Norman L. Zemke, P.C. of counsel), for plaintiff.

Vandeveer, Doelle, Garzia, Tonkin & Kerr, for defendants.

Before: LEVIN, P.J., and GILLIS and BRONSON, JJ.


BRONSON, J.

On October 20, 1961, James Farr, the decedent, was injured in an industrial accident. Farr, an employee of Rudoni Excavating Company, was working on a drain project and was called upon to cut a 12 inch sewer pipe. His employer borrowed a hydraulic pipe cutter from the City of Lincoln Park. This machine was manufactured by defendant Wheeler Manufacturing Corporation and distributed by defendant Ellis and Ford Manufacturing Company.

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