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DAVIS v. FMC CORP., FOOD PROCESSING MACH. DIV.

Nos. 84-1816, 84-1915.

771 F.2d 224 (1985)

Marilyn DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FMC CORPORATION, FOOD PROCESSING MACHINERY DIVISION, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOAN OF ARC COMPANY, a corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. McCabe, McCabe, McCabe & Rader, Williamsport, Ind., Robert J. Banks, Sebat, Swanson, Banks, Lessen & Garman, Danville, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

John B. Jenkins, Gunn & Hickman, Danville, Ill., for defendant-third-party plaintiff-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, POSNER, Circuit Judge, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Marilyn Davis filed a diversity action against FMC Corporation, Food Processing Machinery Division ("FMC") for injuries she sustained from a machine FMC had manufactured and sold to her employer, Joan of Arc Company ("Joan of Arc"). FMC appeals from a $326,620 verdict against it. We affirm.

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Sixteen-year-old Marilyn Davis was operating a corn-cutting machine at Joan of Arc's Hoopeston, Illinois, canning facility...

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