Earll v. Consolidated Aluminum Corp.

CARL R. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs’ appeal from the judgment entered on the jury verdict in favor of defendants in a products liability case. We affirm.

Plaintiff Ronald Earll was injured on June 22, 1978, while painting the exterior of his residence. He testified that he was on a fully extended 16 foot aluminum extension ladder when the two sections of the ladder began to disengage. As the ladder began to fall, he jumped to the ground and was injured. He and his wife sued the manufacturer and the retailer of the ladder.

At trial, an expert witness testified for plaintiff that the…