McADAMS v. PAK-MOR MFG. CO.

No. 6111.

602 S.W.2d 374 (1980)

Earl S. McADAMS, Appellant, v. PAK-MOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dicky Grigg and J. Patrick Hazel, Spivey & Grigg, Austin, for appellant.

Jack Hebdon and Thomas H. Crofts, Jr., Groce, Locke & Hebdon, San Antonio, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

This is a design defect strict liability case. Plaintiff Earl S. McAdams was an employee in the sanitation department of the City of Bellmead and engaged in collecting trash in a residential sector of the City when his right hand became caught in a pinch point on the refuse truck he and a helper were using. The pinch point was created every time the trash compactor blade passed a side loading door on the truck when the door was open. The body of the...

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