BACCELLERI v. HYSTER CO.

No. 413-317; SC 25308.

597 P.2d 351 (1979)

287 Or. 3

Luke BACCELLERI, Appellant, v. HYSTER COMPANY, a Nevada Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided July 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Conboy, of Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, Kahn & O'Leary, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Mark Braverman, Portland.

E. Richard Bodyfelt, of Bodyfelt & Mount, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Barry M. Mount, Portland.


DENECKE, Chief Justice.

The jury returned a verdict for the defendant in this products liability action brought to recover damages for injuries plaintiff incurred when a forklift truck manufactured by the defendant backed over the plaintiff's legs. Plaintiff appeals and we reverse.

Plaintiff worked as a checker on the docks in Portland. He was checking thirty-foot-long bundles of angle iron which had been unloaded from a ship and placed on the dock by the...

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