Steven Iliades v. Dieffenbacher North America Inc

This products-liability action presents a question of first impression in regard to the proper interpretation of MCL 600.2947(2). That provision provides that a manufacturer is not liable for harm caused by the misuse of a product unless that misuse was reasonably foreseeable.

In this case, plaintiff Steven Iliades sustained serious injuries after he reached inside a 500-ton press machine to retrieve molded rubber parts from the floor and *340 became trapped when the press started its automatic cycle. Iliades places fault with defendant Dieffenbacher North America Inc., the manufacturer of the…