FROEDE v. HOLLAND LADDER CO

Docket No. 143336.

207 Mich. App. 127 (1994)

FROEDE v. HOLLAND LADDER & MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 3, 1994, at 9:10 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bovill, III (Bendure & Thomas, by Mark R. Bendure, of Counsel), for William R. Froede.

Johnson, Johnson & Frost, P.C. (by Roy W. Johnson) (Bendure & Thomas, by Mark R. Bendure, of Counsel), for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward, Cooper & Becker, P.C. (by James S. Goulding and Daniel S. Saylor), for the defendants.

Before: JANSEN, P.J., and HOLBROOK, JR., and E.C. PENZIEN, JJ.


JANSEN, P.J.

In this products liability action, defendants appeal as of right from the order of the Oakland Circuit Court effectuating the jury's verdict of $1.5 million in favor of plaintiffs. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Plaintiff William Froede was injured in a fall from a ladder at a construction site where he was working for Great Lakes Construction Company. Plaintiff Liberty Mutual Insurance Company is Great Lakes' worker's compensation insurer...

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