Progress Industries, Inc. v. Wilson

SHAW, Justice.

Progress Industries, Inc. (“Progress”), one of three named defendants below, appeals from the denial of its motion to set aside a default judgment against it and in favor of Dexter K. Wilson and Denise Wilson, the plaintiffs below, in the plaintiffs’ products-liability action. We reverse and remand.

Facts and Procedural History

On August 25, 2004, while cleaning wood chips from beneath a “step feeder” as part of his employment responsibilities with MeadWestvaco, a wood-processing facility in Phenix City, Dexter suffered an on-the-job injury that resulted in the amputation of his…