CROWN CONTROLS CORP. v. CORELLA

No. 13007.

639 P.2d 555 (1982)

CROWN CONTROLS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Steven J. CORELLA and Nevada Industrial Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fahrenkopf, Mortimer, Sourwine, Mousel & Sloane, Reno, and J. Michael Herr and Charles J. Faruki, Dayton, Ohio, for appellant.

Samuel T. Bull, Reno, Harkins & Beckett, Carson City, and The Boccardo Law Firm, San Jose, Cal., for respondents.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In October of 1979, during the course of his employment Steven J. Corella was injured when a power lift stacker, manufactured by appellant herein, tipped over backwards onto him. Mr. Corella sued appellant, alleging that the stacker was defectively designed and manufactured and that it did not bear adequate warnings. The action was tried on a strict liability theory. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Mr. Corella for $640,000. Appellant...

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