DOWNIE v. KENT PRODUCTS

Docket No. 52584.

122 Mich. App. 722 (1983)

333 N.W.2d 528

DOWNIE v. KENT PRODUCTS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCroskey, Libner, Van Leuven, Feldman, Cochrane & Brock (by J. Walter Brock), for plaintiff.

Rhodes, McKee & Boer (by Michael J. Roberts), for Kent Products and The Home Indemnity Co.

Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan (by Kenneth L. Block), for E.W. Bliss Company.

Smith, Haughey, Rice & Roegge (by Lance R. Mather), for General Motors Corporation.

Before: MacKENZIE, P.J., and D.E. HOLBROOK, JR., and D.S. DeWITT, JJ.


D.S. DeWITT, J.

On December 10, 1975, plaintiff suffered traumatic amputation of a portion of her right hand when it was crushed in a press which she was operating. The press had been manufactured by defendant E.W. Bliss Company. Defendant Bliss sold the press to plaintiff's employer, Kent Products, on June 16, 1961. At the time of her injury, plaintiff was using the press in conjunction with a die supplied by defendant General Motors Corporation. Plaintiff's employment...

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