KRAFT v. INGERSOLL-RAND CO., INC.

Nos. 97-1499, 97-1503.

136 F.3d 584 (1998)

Charlotte J. KRAFT, Plaintiff/Appellant, American Crystal Sugar Company, Intervenor Plaintiff, v. INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, INC., a corporation; Silver Engineering Works, Inc., a corporation, Defendants/Third Party Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY, Third Party Defendant. Charlotte J. KRAFT, Plaintiff, American Crystal Sugar Company, Intervenor Plaintiff/Appellant, v. INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, INC., a corporation; Silver Engineering Works, Inc., a corporation, Defendants/Third Party Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY, Third Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leland F. Hagen, Fargo, ND, argued, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Erik Thomas Salveson, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Kacy F. Kleinhans, on the brief), for Defendants/Third Party Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Before BEAM, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Charlotte Kraft appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to Silver Engineering Works and Ingersoll-Rand Company on her products liability claim. We reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

Charlotte Kraft was employed by American Crystal Sugar Company (American Crystal), a company that processes sugar beets in the Red River Valley region of Minnesota. She worked on a beet piler manufactured by Silver Engineering Works, Inc., a subsidiary...

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