Roe v. Cherry-Burrell Corporation

This is a product liability case. The plaintiff, Joseph B. Roe, suffered personal injuries that he claims were caused by a defect in a device manufactured by the defendant, Cherry-Burrell Corporation. The trial judge ruled that the defendant could not take discovery depositions of plaintiff’s expert witnesses. The defendant appeals on leave granted. We reverse.

The complaint alleges that the plaintiff, while in the course of his employment and while inspecting and examining a super-plate heat exchanger in operation, suffered widespread first, second, and third-degree steam burns when a clamp…