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BJERK v. UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING CORP.

Nos. 76-1326, 76-1371.

552 F.2d 1314 (1977)

Merlin BJERK, Appellee, v. UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION, a subsidiary of Pettibone Mulliken Corporation, Appellee, v. THORSON, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Alan Cunningham, William Flaskamp, Minneapolis, Minn., for Universal.

James F. Roegge, O. C. Adamson II, and William Flaskamp, Meagher, Geer, Markham, Anderson, Adamson, Flaskamp & Brennan, Minneapolis, Minn., for Bjerk.

Gunder Gunhus, Cahill, Gunhus, Streed, Grinnell, Jeffries & Klinger, Moorhead, Minn., for Thorson, Inc.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and HANSON, Chief District Judge.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Merlin Bjerk, an employee of Thorson, Inc. (Thorson), while attempting to grease a bearing on a rock crushing machine manufactured by Universal Engineering Corporation (Universal), came in contact with the moving parts of the machine, which were partially protected by an exterior machine guard, and sustained serious bodily injuries. Bjerk then brought this action against defendant-appellant Universal to recover damages for these injuries, asserting...

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