FMC CORP. v. BROWN

No. 18S04-9003-CV-181.

551 N.E.2d 444 (1990)

FMC CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Sharon K. BROWN, Administratrix of the Estate of Danny R. Brown, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Gilkison, Beasley, Gilkison, Retherford, Buckles & Clark, Muncie, Stephen M. Shapiro, John E. Muench, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., Russell H. Schussler, Robert L. Bever, Harlan, Schussler, Keller, Boston & Bever, Richmond, for appellant.

Perry W. Cross, P. Gregory Cross, Cross, Marshall, Schuck, Deweese, Cross & Feick, P.C., Muncie, for appellee.


PETITION TO TRANSFER

DeBRULER, Justice.

In this case, a crane being operated at a construction site came in contact with a power line, and Danny R. Brown, a twenty-eight-year-old laborer acting as groundman, was electrocuted. His widow brought this wrongful death products liability suit against FMC, the manufacturer of the crane, alleging that the crane was in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous to users...

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