Kohler v. Rockwell International Corp.

PRITCHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff, Daryl D. Kohler, brought action for personal injuries on the theory of products liability against Rockwell International Corp. and J. R. Prewitt & Sons, Incorporated, arising out of an occurrence on January 5, 1963. Daryl was then IOV2 years of age, and his brother, Phil, age 14, was then operating a tractor which supplied power to a wagon unloader which was alleged to have defects which caused Daryl’s injuries. The wagon unloader had been purchased some six years before the occurrence on January 5, 1963, by Daryl’s father, John Kohler, and it was undisputed that…