Craig Francis v. Clark Equipment Company

CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant,1 Craig Francis, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant-appellee, Clark Equipment Company (“Clark”), in this products *548liability action for injuries sustained by plaintiff Francis during the operation of a forklift manufactured by defendant Clark.

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Plaintiff Craig Francis seeks to recover from defendant Clark for injuries he sustained on December 4, 1983, when a C500 55 forklift, manufactured by defendant Clark in 1976, overturned. Plaintiff Francis was working the swing shift at the Corning Glass Plant in Greenville,…