Campbell v. Robert Bosch Power Tool Corp.
District Court, M.D. Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
In this products liability action, plaintiffs William H. Campbell and Linda D. Campbell have sued for damages arising out of injuries Mr. Campbell suffered while using a grinder disc sold by defendant Robert Bosch Power Tool Corporation. This cause is before the court on the Campbells’ renewed motion seeking partial summary judgment on Bosch’s affirmative defenses of product misuse and assumption of the risk. For the reasons given below, the motion should be granted as to the defense of misuse and denied as to the defense of assumption of the risk.
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