INGERSOLL-RAND CORP. v. SCOTT

No. 12A02-8807-CV-264.

557 N.E.2d 679 (1990)

INGERSOLL-RAND CORP. and State Equipment Company, Inc., Appellants (Defendants below), v. Kenneth L. SCOTT and Janet Scott, Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Second District.

Transfer Denied October 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Dickson Faires, Jr. and Frederick D. Emhardt, Miller, Faires, Hebert Woddell & Baker, P.C., Indianapolis, for appellant Ingersoll-Rand Corp.

James D. Witchger and William T. Graden, Rocap, Witchger & Threlkeld, Indianapolis, for appellant State Equipment Co., Inc.

Jerome L. Withered and Loretta H. Rush, Reiling Teder & Withered, Lafayette, for appellees.


SULLIVAN, Judge.

Ingersoll-Rand Corp. (Ingersoll) and State Equipment Company, Inc. (State) appeal a $250,000 judgment entered upon a jury verdict. Plaintiffs Kenneth L. Scott and Janet Scott (Scott) filed suit for injuries to Kenneth Scott occasioned by a defective product. Scott, an Indiana State Highway Department employee, injured his back on January 3, 1983, when the wheel assembly associated with a trailer-mounted air compressor malfunctioned.

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