Legal Opinion
Brandon v. Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 5, 1963No. Civ. A. 26585PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, District Judge.
The plaintiff was injured when he was struck by falling corrugated cardboard which was stacked 15 feet high in the corrugating room of the Industrial Container Corporation where he was employed as a fork lift operator. The defendant is the manufacturer and supplier of the fork lift truck used by the plaintiff in the stacking operation of the Industrial Container Corporation (Industrial). This fork lift truck, known as a 90" truck, had a lifting capacity of 144" in the air. It did not come equipped with an overhead canopy guard or load back rest which are safety devices…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Shipping Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Mutual Ben. Health & Accident Ass'n v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- Michael Massaro v. United States Lines Company v. Northern Metal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- Conowingo Power Co. v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- Eisenberg v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Susan Passwaters, by Donald Passwaters, Her Father and Next Friend, and Donald Passwaters v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Bavuso v. Caterpillar Industrial, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Charles W. Posey v. Clark Equipment CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Lockett v. General Electric CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- Lowenstein v. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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