FRANKE v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 3:03CV-627-H.

398 F.Supp.2d 833 (2005)

Robert FRANKE, Plaintiff, and Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self-Insurance Fund, Intervening Plaintiff, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Gemini Products, Inc., d/b/a Knight Ergonomics & Assembly Systems, and Air Technical Industries, Inc. Defendants and Ford Motor Company, Third-Party Plaintiff, and Abel Construction Company, Inc., Intervening Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Burns Machinery Moving & Installation, Inc., Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, at Louisville.

October 31, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Freeman, Tyler S. Thompson, Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd & Kinney PSC, Louisville, KY, for Plaintiff.

Rodney J. Mayer, George T.T. Kitchen, III, Rodney J. Mayer, U'Sellis & Kitchen, PSC, Louisville, KY, for Intervening Plaintiff.

Bryan Todd Thompson, Kevin M. Murphy, Sallie Jacobs Stevens, Thompson Miller & Simpson PLC, John A. Sheffer, Douglas J. Hallock, Sheffer & Sheffer, Patricia L. Gregg, William B. Orberson, Jr., William P. Swain, Phillips, Parker, Orberson & Moore P.L.C., Louisville, KY, for Defendants.

Armer H. Mahan, Jr., Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Mahan, P.S.C., Louisville, KY, for Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff/Intervening Third-Party Plaintiff.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

HEYBURN, Chief Judge.

On November 3, 2002, Plaintiff Robert Franke, an employee of Burns Machinery Moving and Installation ("Burns"), was injured while installing a mechanical lift table at Ford Motor Company's ("Ford") Kentucky Truck Plant ("KTP"). Plaintiff received workers' compensation benefits from Burns and has filed this negligence action against Ford. Plaintiff also brings claims for strict liability and negligence against the...

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