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LENOIR v. C. O. PORTER MACHINERY CO.

No. 80-3670.

672 F.2d 1240 (1982)

Percy LENOIR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. C. O. PORTER MACHINERY COMPANY and Buss Automation, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James N. Compton, Biloxi, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Sumrall & Thaxton, Anthony L. Thaxton, Laurel, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Kenneth E. Bullock, Laurel, Miss., for Buss Automation, Inc.

Before BROWN and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This tort action was brought by Percy Lenoir against C. O. Porter Machinery Co. (Porter), Buss Automation, Inc. (Buss), and several other defendants who were voluntarily dismissed prior to trial. Lenoir lost his left hand and forearm when his arm was caught in a planer ("Surfacemaster") manufactured by Porter. Buss manufactured the conveyor leading into the planer and designed the layout of the woodworking area where the accident occurred...

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