Legal Opinion
Robinson v. G.G.C., Inc.
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided March 28, 1991No. 20836PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Rose, J.:
Appellant Jeffrey W. Robinson suffered permanent damage to his hand when he tried to remove an object from a box crushing machine. Robinson was a boxboy at Lucky’s Supermarket and was operating the machine when the accident occurred. He sued the manufacturer of the machine, G.G.C., Inc., dba Enterprise Company (Enterprise) on a strict products liability theory based on defective design. The jury returned a verdict for Enterprise and Robinson asserts several errors on appeal.
FACTS
On July 26, 1985, Robinson was operating a hydraulic crushing machine used to flatten…
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