JONES v. HUTCHINSON MANUFACTURING, INC.


502 S.W.2d 66 (1973)

Melinda JONES, etc., et al., Appellants, v. HUTCHINSON MANUFACTURING, INC., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 7, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. Ruark, Tom D. Harris, Morganfield, for appellants.

Clarence Bartlett, Bartlett, McCarroll & Nunley, Owensboro, J. Quentin Wesley, Wathen & Wesley, Morganfield, for appellees.


REED, Justice.

This is a product liability case. The issue is whether the manufacturer of a grain auger, an item of farm machinery, is subject to liability for negligence or for using an unreasonably dangerous design of its product in the factual circumstances presented.

Richard Jones, a farmer and father of two infant girls, Melinda, age 5, and Melissa, age 7, contracted with Adamson to harvest a corn crop on Jones' mother's farm. Adamson furnished the combine...

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