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CATERPILLAR, INC. v. HIGHTOWER

1901465.

605 So.2d 1193 (1992)

CATERPILLAR, INC. v. Jimmie A. HIGHTOWER, Jr., and Corene Hall Hightower.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 7, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Simpson, Stephen A. Rowe and E. Berton Spence of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, and Phillip E. Adams, Jr. of Walker, Hill, Adams, Umbach & Meadows, Opelika, for appellant.

Joseph L. Dean, Jr., Opelika, for appellees.

ADAMS, Justice.

Caterpillar, Inc. ("Caterpillar"), appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Jimmie and Corene Hightower in their action against Caterpillar alleging injury as the result of a defective product. We affirm.

On September 28, 1987, Mr. Hightower was operating a Model 518 "skidder" for his employer, Dudley Land and Timber Company ("Dudley").1 The skidder was manufactured in 1975 by Caterpillar: it...

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