Sisco v. Broce Manufacturing, Inc.

Ricky Dwight Sisco was fatally injured in a work-related accident when he jumped from the self-propelled highway sweeper that he was driving and hit his head on the *421pavement. In this wrongful death action against Broce Manufacturing, Inc., the manufacturer of the sweeper, plaintiff Brenda G. Sisco, Ricky’s widow, appeals the award of summary judgment for Broce. She argues that the district court erred when it concluded that the proximate cause of Ricky’s death was his employer’s failure to remedy a known, serious problem with the sweeper’s brakes, rather than any design or manufacturing…