Jackson v. Mannesmann Demag Corp.

Jerome Jackson was injured by an electric arc furnace at the Autlan Manganese Corporation plant near Theodore, Alabama. His claims against the appellees, McDowell-Wellman Engineering Corporation and Mannesmann Demag Corporation, were based on the Alabama Extended Manufacturer's Liability Doctrine and on negligence. The trial court granted a summary judgment in favor of the defendants, based on Alabama's statute of repose regarding improvements to real estate, § 6-5-218, Code of Alabama 1975, which reads as follows:

"(a) No action in tort, contract or otherwise shall be commenced against any…