Wilson v. Danuser MacH. Co., Inc.

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

This is a product liability case instituted by Plaintiffs, Rex and Shirley Wilson (hereinafter Rex or Shirley), against Defendant, Da-nuser Machine Company, Inc. (hereinafter Danuser). The suit arose out of Rex’s use of a Model MS-1 log splitter manufactured by Danuser. "While using the log splitter Rex suffered the loss of three fingers from his right hand. The ease was submitted to a jury on a strict liability design defect theory. The jury returned a verdict assessing Rex’s damage at $400,000 and Shirley’s at $100,000. Fault was assessed at 57 percent to Rex and at 43…