Legal Opinion
Beck v. Somerset Technologies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1989No. 88-3775PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHE, Circuit Judge.
Alvin E. Beck appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment against him. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
This is a products liability action. In 1984 Beck, an employee of Crown Zeller-bach Corp. (Crown), was injured while operating a paper rewinder at Crown’s paper mill. His hand and arm were pulled into the unguarded nip point of the machine and *996crushed between two rotating steel cylinders.
Beck sued Somerset Technologies, Inc. and Midland-Ross Corp., the corporate successors of the manufacturer of the rewin-der, and their insurers; (collectively, “Somerset”); Peter…
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