ARMENTROUT v. FMC CORPORATION

No. 88CA1404.

819 P.2d 522 (1991)

Lynn ARMENTROUT and Tina Armentrout, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FMC CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1991.

Certiorari Denied October 21, 1991.

Cross-Petition for Certiorari Granted October 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sampson & Associates, P.C., Carolyn L. Sampson, Christopher B. Dominick, Golden, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff & Ragonetti, P.C., Hugh Q. Gottschalk, Denver, for defendant-appellee.

Williams Trine Greenstein & Griffith, P.C., J. Conard Metcalf, Boulder, for amicus curiae Colorado Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Laura D. Stith, Walter L. Cofer, W. Edward Reeves, Kansas City, Mo., for amicus curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.


Opinion by Judge NEY.

In this product liability action, plaintiffs, Lynn Armentrout and his wife, Tina Armentrout, appeal the trial court's judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of defendant, FMC Corporation. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

While working as an oiler, plaintiff Lynn Armentrout was crushed between the stationary truck base and the rotating superstructure of a crane constructed by defendant. Plaintiffs asserted four product liability...

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