Greiten v. La Dow

*594Robert W. Hansen, J.

Injured while working on a printing press for his employer, plaintiff started this action against the manufacturer and designer of the angle-iron device attached to the press, alleging a defect in design of the device.1 Ordinarily, one would expect this to be a products liability case. However, this approach would require the plaintiff to establish not only a defect in design but that such defect “was unreasonably dangerous to the user or consumer.”2 Seeking to avoid this precondition to recovery, plaintiff brought and tried this case on the basis of negligence, claiming a…