Rivers v. Ford Motor Co.

Plaintiff appeals as of right a judgment in favor of defendant Ford Motor Company pursuant to a jury verdict of no cause of action on plaintiff’s complaint.

On October 17, 1972, while employed as a press operator for the Regal Stamping Company in Detroit, Michigan, plaintiff Mary Rivers suffered the traumatic amputation of three fingers of her left hand. The injury occurred when plaintiff’s hand was in the die space of the press. Although Ford had originally outfitted the die with "kickers” that would automatically eject parts from the press, these had been removed by Regal. The dies were not…