KOSKE v. TOWNSEND ENGINEERING CO.

No. 52S02-9003-CV-172.

551 N.E.2d 437 (1990)

Margaret Ann KOSKE and Jeffrey L. Koske, Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. TOWNSEND ENGINEERING CO., Appellee (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar W. Bayliff, Bayliff Harrigan Cord & Maugans, P.C., Kokomo, Kelly Leeman, Kelly Leeman & Associates, Logansport, for appellants.

Frank E. Tolbert, R. Tod Groff, Miller, Tolbert, Muehlhausen & Muehlhausen, P.C., Logansport, for appellee.


DICKSON, Justice.

With this case we consider the applicability of the open and obvious danger rule to claims arising under the Indiana Product Liability Act. In this action for personal injuries sustained while using machinery at her employment, Margaret Ann Koske and her husband seek damages from Townsend Engineering Co., the product manufacturer, and assert two theories of liability: a) strict liability in tort for sale of a machine in defective condition unreasonably...

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