Dooms v. Stewart Bolling & Co.

The Court is presented with relatively significant questions pertaining to the law of product liability in Michigan. The circumstances foreshadowing this appeal began when plaintiffs, Messrs. Dooms and Sanders, suffered severe hand injuries on a rubber milling machine during the course of their employment at Detroit Rubber Company on 3 June 1969.1 Each plaintiff commenced separate suits against Stewart Bolling and Company (the manufacturer of the machine) and Michigan Mutual Liability Insurance Company (the insurer of plaintiffs’ employer). The cases were subsequently consolidated. Plaintiffs…