Lambertson v. Cincinnati Corp.

Sheran, Chief Justice.

Cincinnati Corporation, defendant and third-party plaintiff in a personal injury/product liability action, appeals from a judgment of the district court which awarded a worker $34,000 in damages but denied defendant manufacturer contribution from an employer which was partly at fault for the accident. We reverse in part and remand with instructions.

Cincinnati is the manufacturer of a press brake, a large machine used for bending metal. The break has a large vertical ram which moves up and down. Dies are placed on the ram and on the bed of the machine, and metal to be…