DOWNIE v. KENT PRODUCTS, INC

Docket No. 71735, (Calendar No. 4).

420 Mich. 197 (1984)

362 N.W.2d 605

DOWNIE v. KENT PRODUCTS, INC

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 28, 1984.

Released January 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCroskey, Feldman, Cochrane & Brock (by J. Walter Brock) for the plaintiff.

Rhoades, McKee & Boer (by Michael J. Roberts and Gregory A. Block) for defendants Kent Products and The Home Indemnity Company.

Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan (by Edward D. Wells and Kenneth L. Block) for defendants E.W. Bliss Company and others.


Released January 14, 1985. Rehearing denied 421 Mich. 1202.

BRICKLEY, J.

This is an appeal of a products liability action arising out of a work-related injury. In addition to her pursuit of workers' compensation benefits from her employer, plaintiff filed this suit against the manufacturer of the machine on which she was injured.

This case poses three distinct questions for our consideration. The first is whether the courts below erred in denying defendant...

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