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ESTRADA v. SCHMUTZ MFG. CO., INC.

No. 83-2524.

734 F.2d 1218 (1984)

Terry E. ESTRADA and Phillip Estrada, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SCHMUTZ MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1984.

As Amended May 30, 1984.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Townsend, Jr., Townsend, Hovde, Townsend & Montross, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William Osborn, Osborn & Hiner, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to consider the scope and application of Indiana's "open and obvious" rule of products liability. Terry Estrada worked in a factory in Indiana owned by Anheuser-Busch. Her job was to feed bags into a bag printer that had been manufactured by the Schmutz Manufacturing Company. The ink for the rollers through which the bags pass comes from an inkwell in the machine. Although Schmutz sells paste ink to use with its machines...

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