Norton Company v. Harrelson

SIMPSON, Justice.

In this case the evidence is that appellant Norton manufactured and placed upon the market a grinding wheel which was purchased by the plaintiff Harrelson’s employer. The wheel was designed to be affixed to a grinding machine and used to grind down metal welds. Plaintiff’s employer purchased approximately 100 of these wheels each year and the one in question had been placed on the machine earlier during the morning of the accident. It was used for a few minutes by the plaintiff’s coworker before the plaintiff began to use it in the manner shown to be usual and customary and…