SAFFOLD v. McGRAW-EDISON CO.

No. 77-1193.

566 F.2d 621 (1977)

Ruth Ann SAFFOLD et al., Appellants, v. McGRAW-EDISON COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Pickett, Kansas City, Mo., for appellants; Sandra C. Midkiff, Kansas City, Mo., on brief.

David W. Shinn, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee; Laurel H. Corn, Kansas City, Mo., on brief.

Before BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and HARPER, Senior District Judge.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Ruth Ann Saffold was injured on April 29, 1970, while operating a flatwork ironer in the laundry where she had been employed for about two weeks. At the time of Saffold's injury the ironer had no protective fingerguard of any kind. She brought this products liability action against McGraw-Edison Company, American Laundry Machinery Division, the corporate successor of the original manufacturer of the ironer, alleging that the defendant was liable...

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