WAGNER v. CLARK EQUIPMENT CO.

(SC 16505)

259 Conn. 114 (2002)

KEVIN WAGNER ET AL. v. CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released January 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley W. Horton, with whom were Kimberly A. Knox, and, on the brief, Karen L. Dowd, Daniel J. Krisch and Colleen A. Madden, legal intern, for the appellants (defendants).

Jacques J. Parenteau, for the appellee (named plaintiff).

Jeremy G. Zimmermann, Mary A. Wells, pro hac vice, L. Michael Brooks, Jr., pro hac vice, and Hugh F. Young, Jr., pro hac vice, filed a brief for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., as amicus curiae.

Michael P. Koskoff, Antonio Ponvert III, Robert B. Adelman and Jeffrey Robert White, pro hac vice, filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association et al. as amicus curiae.

Borden, Norcott, Katz, Vertefeuille and Zarella, JS.


Opinion

ZARELLA, J.

The plaintiff,1 Kevin Wagner, brought this product liability action against the defendants, Clark Equipment Company, Inc. (Clark), and Summit Handling Systems, Inc., doing business as Clarklift of Connecticut (Summit), for injuries sustained when a forklift manufactured by Clark and distributed by Summit crushed the plaintiffs left foot. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount...

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