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PUTT v. YATES-AMERICAN MACH. CO.

722 A.2d 217 (1998)

Harold E. PUTT and Carol Putt, his wife, Appellees, v. YATES-AMERICAN MACHINE COMPANY, B.M. Root Corporation, Martin Electrical Service, Inc., Appellees, v. UIS Inc., Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Hannan, Milwaukee, WI, and Leo E. Gribbin, Jr., York, for appellant.

Wayne C. Parsil, Lancaster, for Putt, appellees.

Robert Tribeck, Rhoads & Sinon LLP, Harrisburg, for Yates-American, appellee.

Before JOHNSON, STEVENS and OLSZEWSKI, JJ.

STEVENS, J:

Harold E. Putt's right hand was amputated while he was using a wood-molding machine1 at his place of employment. While he was working, Mr. Putt discovered that a piece of lumber was lodged in the wood-molding machine, thereby jamming it. Mr. Putt's co-worker turned off the machine, and while Mr. Putt attempted to loosen the piece of lumber manually with his right hand, the machine...

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