Legal Opinion
Mauch v. Manufacturers Sales & Service, Inc.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 2, 1984No. Civ. 10431PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANDE WALLE, Justice.
Kathleen Mauch was injured while using a “Mr. Big Tow” nylon rope, manufactured by the defendant, Manufacturers Sales & Service, Inc. (“Manufacturers”), to pull-start one tractor with another on the Mauchs’ farm. Kathleen was driving the pulling tractor when the hook attached to the other tractor broke. The nylon rope instantly recoiled towards Kathleen’s tractor hurling the broken hook which was still attached to it through the tractor cab window striking Kathleen and injuring her seriously.
Kathleen and her husband, Harold, sued Manufacturers on theories of negligence…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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