Simmons v. Lincoln Electric Co.

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

This product-liability case concerns the sufficiency of evidence offered by an injured plaintiff to show that a welding machine was negligently designed or otherwise defective when it was sold to the plaintiffs employer.

The defendant-manufacturer, Lincoln Electric Company (Lincoln), appeals from the granting of a new-trial motion filed by plaintiff-employee, William Simmons (Simmons), following a jury verdict entered in Lincoln’s favor. Simmons injured himself at work while operating an electrically powered welding machine manufactured by Lincoln.

On appeal Lincoln…