HOPKINS v. SUPERIOR METAL WORKINGS SYSTEMS

No. DA 08-0164.

203 P.3d 803 (2009)

2009 MT 48

349 Mont. 292

Charles Christian HOPKINS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SUPERIOR METAL WORKINGS SYSTEMS, L.L.C., dba SMW Systems, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: John L. Amsden; Beck & Amsden, Bozeman, Montana.

For Appellee: Patrick M. Sullivan; Poore, Roth & Robinson, Butte, Montana.


Chief Justice MIKE McGRATH delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Charles Christian Hopkins was injured when a heavy piece of metal was accidentally released from the chuck of an industrial lathe and fell on his arm. He sued Superior Metal Workings Systems (SMW) on a claim of strict products liability. This is an appeal by Hopkins from the order of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, granting summary judgment to SMW and dismissing Hopkins...

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