WATSON v. LUCERNE MACHINERY & EQUIP.

No. 76-1550.

347 So.2d 459 (1977)

Juanita WATSON, As Administratrix of the Estate of Charles R. Watson, Deceased, Appellant, v. LUCERNE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, INC., and Central Florida Machinery Co., Inc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Williams and Craig M. Spanjers, Stanley, Durrance & Wines, Auburndale, for appellant.

John R. Bush, Macfarlane, Ferguson & Kelly, Tampa, for Central Florida Machine Co., Inc.

J. Julian Bennett, Winter Haven, for Lucerne Machinery and Equipment, Inc., James M. Fiske and Fiske-Gay Associates, Inc.


SCHEB, Judge.

Charles R. Watson was accidentally killed in a citrus processing plant where he was employed, his head having been crushed by the rotating arm of a machine known as a "Kinsey Sampler." Watson's personal representative claimed the machine was defective and brought suit for damages against Lucerne Machinery & Equipment, Inc., the manufacturer of the machine; Fiske-Gay Associates, Inc. and James M. Fiske, the designers; Central Florida Machinery Co...

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