MESSENGER v. BUCYRUS-ERIE CO.

Civ. A. No. 79-1684.

507 F.Supp. 41 (1980)

Milo R. MESSENGER and Connie M. Messenger, his wife, Plaintiffs, v. BUCYRUS-ERIE COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

December 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Isacke, Jr., Tarasi & Tighe, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Edward C. Schmidt, Jane Watkinson, Rose, Schmidt, Dixon, Hasley, Whyte & Hardesty, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

MARSH, District Judge.

In this product liability case, the jury found there was a defect in the truck-crane (hereinafter crane) manufactured by the defendant, Bucyrus-Erie Company, i. e., no back-up buzzer or back-up lights were affixed to the crane; but the jury also found that the defect was not a proximate cause of the accident which caused injuries to the plaintiff, Milo R. Messenger. Judgment was entered in favor of the defendant.

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