Dise v. Rockwell Graphic Systems, Inc.

OPINION

NIERENGARTEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from summary judgment. The appellant’s claims against the distributors and sellers of a printing press are based on theories of negligence, strict liability, breach of warranty, and failure to warn. The district court concluded the appellant’s failure to prove any of the respondents removed a guard from the printing press drive shaft which injured the appellant was “absolutely determinative” and that summary judgment consequently was “mandated.” We reverse.

FACTS

Appellant Gary Dise was injured while operating a 1-C Miehle 49-inch printing press,…