JACKSON v. MANNESMANN DEMAG CORP.

81-694, 81-695.

435 So.2d 725 (1983)

Jerome T. JACKSON v. MANNESMANN DEMAG CORPORATION. Jerome T. JACKSON v. McDOWELL-WELLMAN ENGINEERING CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Yance of Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder, & Brown, Mobile, for appellants.

Michael D. Knight of Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, Mobile, for appellee Demag Corp.

De Martenson of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, for appellee McDowell-Wellman Eng. Corp.

Lanny S. Vines and Roger L. Lucas of Emond & Vines, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Trial Lawyers Ass'n.


FAULKNER, Justice.

Jerome Jackson was injured by an electric arc furnace at the Autlan Manganese Corporation plant near Theodore, Alabama. His claims against the appellees, McDowell-Wellman Engineering Corporation and Mannesmann Demag Corporation, were based on the Alabama Extended Manufacturer's Liability Doctrine and on negligence. The trial court granted a summary judgment in favor of the defendants, based on Alabama's statute of repose regarding

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